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Riverside Resources and Questcorp Announce Commencement of Phase 2 Drilling at Union Project, Sonora, Mexico
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (421+ words) Fully Funded Program Underway: A ~1, 500-metre diamond drill program across 8 to 10 holes, each averaging 180 metres in depth, is fully funded and requires no near-term dilutive financing. Expanding Phase 1 Discoveries: Drilling is designed to expand zones of mineralization, including those intercepted…...
Earthquake, then fire: A new "seismic champagne effect
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (277+ words) New research suggests underground methane buildup after Japan's 2024 Noto earthquake may have triggered delayed urban fires image: Proposed model of the delayed seismic "champagne effect," showing methane bubble formation, upward migration, and possible gas eruption after strong earthquake shaking. view…...
Reject candidates who prioritize fossil fuel payouts
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (170+ words) Letter to the editor: Reject candidates who prioritize fossil fuel payouts Montana Standard Javascript is required to use this website. The world as we know it today was built on the back of burning fossil fuels. Unfortunately, this process has…...
World's 65 Biggest Banks Pumped $906 Billion Into Fossil Fuels in 2025. The Iran War will escalate exploration and production, pipelines, and energy security spending and financing.
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (597+ words) The Intersection Between Energy and Finance In a striking confirmation of the enduring role of fossil fuels in global finance, the world's 65 largest banks committed a record $906 billion to oil, natural gas, and coal companies in 2025 " an 8% jump from $869 billion…...
COP31 electrification push a welcome first step, but insufficient without ending fossil fuels
57+ min ago (629+ words) Bonn, Germany " The COP31 Presidency's electrification initiative is a positive step forward but must be coupled with a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels as part of a just transition to renewable energy to keep the 1. 5 C limit within reach, Greenpeace said....
Scientists Unearth 120-Million-Year-Old Owl-Like Dinosaur Fossil In China
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (112+ words) streamlinefeed. co. ke Palaeontologists in China have discovered Jian changmaensis, a four-winged dinosaur that regurgitated pellets like modern owls. The findings reshape evolution. Palaeontologists excavating a remote sedimentary basin in northwestern China have unearthed the fossilized remains of a 120-million-year-old…...
Megayacht Fatigue: Three D Simulation of Structural Failures
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (283+ words) Foro3 D The term Megayacht Fatigue is not a metaphor for crew exhaustion, but a serious engineering phenomenon. When a luxurious steel or aluminum hull sails, waves generate millions of stress cycles that deform the material. Over time, these micro-deformations accumulate,…...
'Climate Chaos': World's top 65 banks committed over $900bn to fossil fuel firms in 2025
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (168+ words) Become a Business Green Lite Member today In just a few clicks you can start your free Business Green membership for 12 months, providing you access to: COP31: New global electrification, building energy efficiency, and waste targets proposed for Antalya Summit Study:…...
Geologist Folarin Kolawole Receives 2026 National Geographic Wayfinder Award
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (147+ words) News from the Columbia Climate School Folarin Kolawole, an assistant professor in Columbia University's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, is one of 15 recipients of this year's National Geographic Society's Wayfinder Award, which recognizes scientists, conservationists, educators and other "bold…...
New study reveals how extreme heat shapes cancer care decisions
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (472+ words) image:"What we heard was that heat touches nearly every part of people's routines," said Kilan C. Ashad-Bishop, Ph. D. , a Sylvester and Rosenstiel researcher and lead author of the study. "It affects when people go outside, whether they adhere to medical…...