Strong, recyclable, and degradable: new sugar-based plastics are a sweet deal
Researchers were able to create plastics that are stiff or rubbery, and that performed as well, or even better, than commonly available plastics
Turning scrap wood into innovative products could be a huge win for curbing carbon and wildfire
Looking for ways to pay for forest restoration, scientists hit on a a creative strategy: support new markets for fuels and construction materials made from small trees and branches.
If 20% of Americans swapped red meat for poultry once a day, it would cut national dietary emissions by 10%
Switching shrimp with cod cut an individual’s greenhouse emissions by 34% and replacing dairy milk with soy cut emissions by 8%
Green Investing Is Blowing Up
Will it be another bubble, destined to burst—or a balloon that lifts us over the energy transition?
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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
Looking for the next miracle drug? Try searching city soils
Soil bacteria in New York City parks produce molecules similar to antibiotics, anticancer agents, and other drugs in current use, suggesting that urban areas could be a good place to look for new drug prospects.
Ecology for Insiders
The indoor biome covers as much as six percent of the world’s landmass—and we know almost nothing about it.
The Circular Economy Made Real
In more and more pockets of the industrial landscape, the byproducts of one process are becoming the raw materials for another, trash is getting a useful second life, and waste is becoming a thing of the past.
Aim low when designing the climate-friendly city of the future
In a life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions, high-density, high-rise cityscapes were the worst-case scenario
Swiss study shows that paying people to conserve biodiversity pays off
The government reimburses farmers for conserving country’s tremendous plant diversity.
Here’s what a more just green energy transition might look like
Researchers identified policy tweaks to prevent decarbonization efforts from harming households and small businesses
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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