Climate Change

Daury Ramirez, air conditioning technician: “If you don’t clean the filters, the air conditioning consumes more, the equipment lasts less and affects your health”

With the high summer temperatures, air conditioning becomes one of the most used appliances in homes. However, many people try ...

The US teaches Spain a lesson: Arizona builds 27 wildlife crossings and reduces accidents with animals on the road by 90%

Roads allow people to connect territories, but they can have exactly the opposite effect on animals. A highway can become ...

An air conditioning expert warns: “Not cleaning the air conditioning filters every 15 or 30 days in summer reduces its performance by half.”

When summer arrives, air conditioning becomes one of the great allies to combat high temperatures at home. However, using it ...

Sentenced to 18 months in prison for storing tons of lithium batteries in his house: the danger that these waste hid

Lithium-ion batteries are essential for the energy transition. They power everything from phones and computers to bicycles and electric cars ...

Álvaro Pérez, energy expert: “Lowering the blinds before 10 in the morning can reduce air conditioning consumption by 25%”

With temperatures soaring during much of the summer, air conditioning has become an essential ally for many homes, but also ...

They bought an 18-hectare swamp to avoid real estate development and 19 years later it is a wildlife refuge with 275 storks and other species

Buying land to build a home or launch a real estate project is common. But Jim Stevenson and Tara Tanaka, ...

Alejandro Hellín, air conditioning expert: “It makes no sense to turn off the air conditioning for hours and then come home and set it to 16ºC because it is very hot”

The high summer temperatures make air conditioning become an essential ally in many homes. However, using this equipment incorrectly can ...

Illinois researchers develop molecule to recover gold and other metals from electronic waste using up to 100 times fewer chemicals

Electronic waste hides an environmental paradox. Discarded cell phones, computers, circuit boards and other devices contain gold, copper, silver and ...

New research challenges much of what we thought we knew about staying healthy as we age

For years, healthy aging has been described through a familiar checklist: eat better, move more, sleep well and keep the ...