Kevin Montien

Social communicator and journalist with extensive experience in creating and editing digital content for high-impact media outlets. He stands out for his ability to write news articles, cover international events and his multicultural vision, reinforced by his English language training (B2 level) obtained in Australia.
Octopus Energy's Nook Cube plug-in home battery designed to store electricity through a standard wall outlet.

Octopus Energy launched a plug-in home battery, an idea that wants to make storing electricity at home almost as simple as plugging in another appliance

By Kevin Montien
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July 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A deep-sea organism is scanned with a laser imaging system aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's ROV during the discovery of new species in the South Atlantic.

In one of the least explored parts of Earth, scientists found life forms that look like they came from another planet, a sharp reminder of how little we know about the deep ocean

By Kevin Montien
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July 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The Dragonbot research team from the Universitat Politècnica de València poses with the autonomous dragon fruit harvesting robot.

Young creators built DragonBot, a low-cost robot programmed to pick only one type of seasonal fruit, a very farm-smart idea that could save labor without relying on expensive machines

By Kevin Montien
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July 25, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Official rendering of the GE Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor proposed for Britain's nuclear expansion.

A Polish energy giant wants to build 14 small nuclear reactors in Britain, and the 2034 deadline may be the hardest part to believe

By Kevin Montien
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July 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Long view inside the Large Hadron Collider tunnel, showing rows of blue superconducting magnets before the 2026 shutdown.

CERN has shut down the Large Hadron Collider for 4 years to rebuild it from the inside, and when it returns in 2030 it will not be faster, but far more luminous

By Kevin Montien
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July 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Satellite view of the Congo River emptying into the Atlantic Ocean, where one of the world's largest freshwater plumes begins.

Every second, 40,000 cubic meters of fresh water flow from the Congo into the Atlantic, a gigantic current whose final destination still has researchers following clues through the ocean

By Kevin Montien
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July 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Illustration of lava rising through a mid-ocean ridge as Earth's crust splits to form new oceanic crust beneath the Indian Ocean.

Researchers watched live as Earth cracked open and a massive amount of lava began forming new ocean floor, a geological scene almost no one ever gets to witness

By Kevin Montien
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July 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Prototype radio telescope dishes developed for Caltech's Deep Synoptic Array, the future DSA-2000 observatory.

California will build 1,650 satellite dishes to create the world’s most sensitive radio telescope, a giant cosmic ear designed to catch weak signals that now get lost in the noise of the universe

By Kevin Montien
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July 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Diver hovers above young kelp fronds and restored algae in the Zapallar marine refuge on Chile’s central coast.

Artisanal fishers in Chile are using marine refuges to protect black sea urchins and help revive underwater forests, an unexpected move where saving one species helps lift an entire ecosystem

By Kevin Montien
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July 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM
NASA’s Perseverance rover looks back at its own wheel tracks in Jezero Crater after reaching the 26.2-mile driving mark.

Perseverance has driven 42.195 kilometers across Mars, a marathon distance on another planet, and with that record it keeps searching for signs of ancient life among rocks that have stayed silent for billions of years 

By Kevin Montien
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July 17, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Row of parked cars along a quiet northern Italian street, with a low-emission zone sign that restricts older diesel vehicles.

A tiny emissions code on a car document could stop older diesel vehicles from entering northern Italy, and tourists may discover it too late

By Kevin Montien
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July 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Thermometer showing temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius under a bright sun during extreme heat conditions

Scientists have recreated the legendary summer of 1976 using current weather conditions, and the result raises an uncomfortable question: What was once a historic heat wave could be much more intense today

By Kevin Montien
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July 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Kayaker paddling on the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta, showing urban water use and recreation.

The Chattahoochee River has gone from smelling like sewage and mud to featuring parks, trails, and kayaks, but the death of more than 44,000 fish has served as a reminder that its recovery remains fragile

By Kevin Montien
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July 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Aerial view of the Maullín River wetlands in southern Chile, a protected ecosystem under environmental pressure

Chile has just imposed a fine of about $4.1 million on a real estate development consisting of 87 lots along the banks of the Maullín River, and the case is already being viewed as a stern warning to rural real estate developers

By Kevin Montien
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July 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Barcelona urban street selected for biochar asphalt test using olive waste to cut emissions

Barcelona wants to turn a random street into a climate laboratory by 2027 using asphalt made from olive pits and pine waste, which could reduce CO2 emissions from the top layer by up to 75%

By Kevin Montien
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July 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Artificial water canal in Ceará, Brazil, part of a large-scale drought mitigation project

Brazil is nearing completion of an “artificial river” nearly 145 kilometers long in Ceará, a large-scale project that is already 92% complete and promises to bring water to communities where drought has been a constant for generations

By Kevin Montien
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July 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Compact 2.24 kWh balcony solar battery sold by Lidl in Germany for storing electricity generated by residential solar panels.

What appears to be a simple supermarket product could be hiding a small energy revolution: a 2.24-kWh battery that costs about $350 and is already attracting attention across Europe

By Kevin Montien
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July 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Portable home battery plugged into a wall outlet inside an apartment.

Across Australia, people are quietly plugging illegal batteries into their apartment walls, and the underground rush to power balconies with the sun is forcing a change few saw coming 

By Kevin Montien
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July 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Aerial view of the Darlington SMR nuclear construction site in Ontario, Canada.

Canada buried a 1,050-ton slab east of Toronto to seat the first grid-scale nuclear reactor a G7 nation has ever built, and how it cools itself breaks every rule 

By Kevin Montien
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July 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Aerial view of coastal flooding with seawater covering roads and land due to rising sea levels.

Sea levels are not rising solely because Greenland and Antarctica are melting, but because the ocean is expanding from within, and that invisible factor alone accounts for 43% of the rise recorded since 1960

By Kevin Montien
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July 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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