Sustainable investing is still seen by many as a route to virtue rather than returns. But clinging to this outmoded notion could prove financially damaging. The pandemic has hardened attitudes towards corporate bad behaviour, with errant businesses, such as fast fashion retailer Boohoo, taking a hit to their share price. Many sustainable funds, whether they … Read more
‘Planet Nine’, a celestial object up to 10 times larger than the Earth, may actually be a grapefruit sized black hole – and a new telescope could help detect it. Objects ‘clumping together’ in a strange way beyond the orbit of Neptune have led astronomers to suggest ‘something big’ is interfering with their orbit. This … Read more
Fears have arisen that Beijing could punish ‘everyone on the planet’ with its national security law in Hong Kong with an alarming clause targeting people who are outside of China. The landmark legislation, officially passed on Tuesday, makes secessionist, subversive or terrorist activities illegal, as well as foreign intervention in the city’s internal affairs. But Article … Read more
A Neptune sized gas giant orbiting a star 180 times younger than the Sun has been discovered by astronomers and it could shed light on the evolution of the Earth. The exoplanet was found in a system 32 light-years away and its host star is only 20 to 30 million years old – compared to … Read more
Earth observation spacecraft, capable of photographing features on the planet 20inches wide, will hitch a lift into orbit with the next SpaceX Starlink satellites. The observation satellites are operated byPlanet, who say the three new spacecraft being launched on the Falcon rocket will bring their constellation up to 18. Planet’s SkySat network orbit 279 miles … Read more
After decades of studying Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists have found it is drifting 100 times faster away from the planet than previously believed –a total of four inches per year. Titan currently sits 759,000 miles from the ringed planet, but the new data proposes it was much closer 4.5 billion years ago. This means the … Read more
Mars’s moon Phobos was once a ring of rubble around the Red Planet that clumped together to form a solid ball – and it may disintegrate again in about 100 million years Astronomers from the SETI Institute looked at the orbit of the two Martian moons They wanted to confirm a 2017 theory that Phobos … Read more
How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more
The war on the use of reusable plastic has never been an easy one. But since the Covid-19 pandemic hit it’s become even more complex, as the drive towards re-use suffers due to health concerns. For example, major coffee chains such as Starbucks are shunning the use of reusable coffee cups for now, in favour … Read more
Can consumer power help the planet? This is Money podcast on green investing, eco-travel, electric cars and looking after your back yard By This Is Money Published: 14:11 BST, 23 August 2019 | Updated: 14:11 BST, 23 August 2019 It’s fair to say environmental issues have moved to the forefront of the agenda in recent … Read more