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Climate inaction will leave our kids a trillion dollar debt
Unless we drastically cut our carbon emissions, today’s young people will have to pay up to US$535 trillion to clean up the atmosphere using negative emissions technologies, according to a new study.
Habitat with Humanity
Making creative accommodations for the urban wild
Fish eating fish isn’t a sustainable strategy for aquaculture in the Anthropocene
As aquaculture increases at a steady pace, one new study delves into the question of how we can sustainably feed all those extra fish.
The unappreciated economic value of environmental stewardship
Think about the ways that nature generates economic value. Environmental stewardship, however, the hard work of people restoring ecosystems, picking up litter, and helping animals, likely doesn’t enter the equation. Yet the value might be surprisingly high.
As coal pollution declines, crops begin to flourish
Reducing our dependence on coal comes with some unexpected agricultural benefits, two recent studies find.
Spruce cones could scrub carbon emissions as effectively as costly chemicals
A new material to capture carbon dioxide comes from a surprising green source: spruce cones.
Wearable device provides personal cooling without electricity
The patch reflects sunlight and dissipates body heat, bringing down body temperature by a few degrees.
Bioenergy has its limits for cutting emissions
A new life-cycle analysis finds the best way to distribute biomass resources for various uses—liquid fuels, heat, and electricity—in order to slash the most emissions.
Employment in the energy sector will dramatically expand as economies decarbonize
A team calculated that a decarbonized world could lose 9.5 million fossil fuel jobs—and gain a whopping 17.4 million renewable jobs.
World electricity production going from black to green
In a significant first, the world now has the capacity to produce more power from renewables than from coal, according to the International Energy Agency.
