Researchers invent a new device to tap into the power of waves
Building on the phenomenon that creates static electricity, researchers propose a design that generates twice the power per unit volume as previously reported systems
The more bees the merrier farmer
Crops benefit from a diversity of pollinating bees, and the benefits grow the longer scientists track them.
Which seafood is the most nutritious and the least carbon intensive?
A new study finds that species with exceptionally high nutrient levels overlap with those associated with low carbon emissions—pointing toward a more sustainable diet.
Can we balance our carbon budget by using less stuff?
Or does “dematerialization” simply swap stubborn technological problems for even more intractable social ones?
It's time to upgrade not just our technology, but also our collective imagination.
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The Upcycled Car by Mark Harris
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Enhanced Rock Weathering by Dan Ferber
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How to Shrink the Carbon Footprint of Health Care by Sarah DeWeerdt
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These Buildings Generate More Energy Than They Use
Norway ushers in an era of energy-positive architecture
How Much Energy Will the World Need?
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Science Fiction in the Anthropocene
The ultimate literature of the imagination calls upon us to do more than merely invent or imitate the apocalypse
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We’re not out to scare people or to hand out rose-colored glasses. Rather, we’re forging a sophisticated middle ground: evidence-based journalism that puts the best science and innovations into the hands of those who can do the most with them.
The Resurgence of Solar Agriculture
Can farmers get the same food production under solar panels that they currently do growing lettuce for your dinner table the old-fashioned way—directly under the sun? There’s an increasing body of research suggesting that they can.
Artificial intelligence can track a coral reef’s health by learning its “song”
Researchers demonstrate how to tell damaged reefs from healthy ones using relatively cheap underwater recorders paired with new computer programs.
Using the carrot, not the stick, can get locals to help protect habitat
As conservationists push to save habitat from destruction, a study of Indonesian reefs finds that giving local Indigenous communities a hand in managing reserves makes for more effective protections.
What will it take to shrink the carbon footprint of health care?
A small but growing group of researchers and physicians working to quantify the environmental impact of healthcare—and to reduce that impact without compromising patient care.
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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