Everything people think they know about the best time to charge electric cars is wrong
Current electric car owners tend to charge their cars at night. If that trend continues, it could create a big stress on the grid.
Sep 2022 27
Sarah DeWeerdt
Sarah DeWeerdt is a Seattle-based freelance science journalist specializing in biology, medicine, and the environment. In addition to Anthropocene, her work has appeared in Nature, Newsweek, Nautilus, Spectrum, and many other publications. Find her on Twitter at @DeWeerdt_Sarah.
Sep 2022 20
Plummeting renewable energy costs open a new way to bridge the political divide
New study finds that cost savings arguments have both the largest and the most durable effect—with little difference across the political spectrum
Sep 2022 13
A rare head-to-head comparison finds green products aren’t necessarily less toxic
Laundry detergents were among the most toxic tested
Sep 2022 6
Should the climate-friendly city of the future be made of wood?
New study is the first to analyze how a large-scale transition to timber cities could ease the strain on carbon budgets without compromising food production and biodiversity
Aug 2022 30
Here are the top 10 investors with the power to move the world away from fossil fuels
A new analysis suggests that climate activists should put pressure not just on fossil fuel companies—but also on their owners.
Aug 2022 23
Can Southern Africa grow without fossil fuels?
A detailed new study demonstrates how the region’s energy future could be so much greener than current plans assume—with only a modest additional cost
Aug 2022 9
How does cutting off Russian gas affect Europe’s ability to meet climate targets?
A new study finds that if the EU pursues ambitious climate action, Russian gas supplies become more or less irrelevant to the bloc by 2030.
Aug 2022 2
What is climate-neutral aviation and how do we get there?
It’s going to require some combination of uncertain technological advances and just plain flying less
Jul 2022 26
Soot from rockets has 500 times the climate impact as soot from airplanes
In a new study, scientists calculated the heavy burden that space tourism could place on the climate and the atmosphere
Jul 2022 19
The big contributors to the ivory tower’s carbon footprint originate off campus
A new study found campus carbon hotspots not just in infrastructure but in people's behavior—such as travel to conferences, student commutes, and purchases of research materials.
