Car emissions are a wasted resource. We could use them to grow food.
Using existing technology downscaled for cars, we could harvest millions of tons of CO2 emissions and waste water and reroute it to urban farms
Salt + sunlight powers an innovative electricity-free cooling system
Low-cost and low-emission cooling systems based on this approach could be used for air-conditioning and food refrigeration in remote regions or off-grid communities
There’s enough wind to power the globe. But exactly how much do we need to catch to rein in carbon?
We need to expand wind energy by at least 10 times in the next few decades in order to limit global warming in 2100
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A Memo from the Year 2050: How We Defeated the Worst Zoonotic Diseases by Brandon Keim
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Applying the Airbnb Business Model to Nature Conservation by Seema Jayachandran
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The Race to Build an Air Conditioner that Doesn’t Cook the Planet by Emily Underwood
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How to Plant the Forests of the Future by Lauren E. Oakes
Are We Approaching Peak Stuff?
Almost imperceptibly, we are stepping off the consumption treadmill
The first hints of the Anthropocene appeared far earlier than you think
A massive cross-disciplinary analysis suggests that altering the planet is something very close to fundamental to the human condition.
3D Printed Bricks
could be the building blocks of modern, sustainable architecture
Reusable or Disposable: Which coffee cup has a smaller footprint?
Reusable or Disposable: Which coffee cup has a smaller footprint?
Researchers dumped tons of coffee pulp on degraded lands. The reforestation jolt was dramatic
Using agricultural waste as fertilizer led to healthier soils, less invasives, and more tree canopy cover
Chemists unlock secret to making green ammonia from renewable energy in refrigerator-size reactors
The new, efficient technique could slash agricultural and transportation carbon emissions and be rolled out in communities and on individual farms
Paper recycling isn’t necessarily good for the climate
Global paper consumption is rising, and recycling paper uses more fossil fuels than virgin paper. But a switch to renewable energy and better wastepaper disposal practices could drastically cut carbon emissions.
Sustainability science is changing the world
David Quammen
What if evolution isn’t linear, as Charles Darwin proposed when he first sketched the tree of life?
Emily Anthes
Amphibious architecture responds to floods like ships to a rising tide, floating on the water’s surface.
Oliver Morton
The godlike powers of geoengineering irrevocably change the human’s relationship with Planet Earth.
Frances Cairncross
What is the optimal rollout of carbon taxes and research subsidies to speed up the transition to a low-carbon economy?
David Biello
Welcome to the brave new world of artificial intelligence for conservation.
Veronique Greenwood
The rise of fast fashion and the technology that needs to change to keep your clothes out of the garbage.
Fred Pearce
Some economies may be quietly, and surprisingly approaching a phenomenon economists call “peak stuff.
Akshat Rathi
What if we could transform cement from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge?
Ted Nordhaus
The climate change apocalypse problem
Andrew Revkin
The word “anthropocene” has become the closest thing there is to common shorthand for this turbulent, momentous, unpredictable, hopeless, hopeful time—duration and scope still unknown
Vandana Singh
How might science fiction constructively contribute to the Human Age?
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