On a mere 1% of farmland, solar panels could provide 20% of US electricity
Agrivoltaics could also provide jobs and boost rural livelihoods, while cutting carbon emissions
How do renewable energy sources hold up in a warming world?
Pretty well overall. A new study shows that the impact climate change will have on the supply of wind, hydro, solar, and other renewable energy sources is modest.
A review of 100 studies crushes assumptions about conflict between profit and sustainability
Only two studies found negative effects on the bottom line from adopting sustainability practices
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Amphibious Architecture
Amphibious structures are not static; they respond to floods like ships to a rising tide, floating on the water’s surface.
United States may be well positioned to power down fossil fuel plants
Lots of U.S. fossil fuel electricity infrastructure is already relatively old and closer to its typical lifespan than is the case in other countries.
Imagine There’s No Drivers
And no traffic lights. And no parking lots. It isn’t hard to do.
The environmental footprint of paper vs. electronic books
If you read a limited number of books, the paper book will most likely limit your greenhouse gas emissions. But for heavy readers, e-books have a smaller carbon footprint.
Q. Are vertebrate populations declining? A. Depends on how you look at the data
A new analysis complicates a popular metric of biodiversity decline.
One Man’s Trash . . .
Mining landfills for metals and energy
The Anthropocene Nightstand
Bookmarks for a Human Age
Writers:
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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