Climate Change Stories
From stories about pioneering work in solar fuels and carbon capture, to building resilient coastal infrastructure, to how the insurance industry is rewriting risk management strategies, Anthropocene magazine aims to be a leading voice in the conversation about the global transition to decarbonized economies.
Can charging frequent flyers for their carbon solve aviation’s climate problem?
A bold plan goes up against global realities
Fast transition to carbon-free energy could save trillions
The cost of green energy technologies is plummeting, and transitioning to them quickly could be much cheaper than doing it slowly, researchers say
As the climate changes, what changes people’s minds?
How far has opinion moved from climate-change denial toward acceptance and, ultimately, action?
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
Can Big Oil be part of a post-carbon world?
Fossil fuel companies made the modern world. The challenge now is remaking themselves.
Reshoring solar panel production could help the U.S. meet its climate goals
In a life-cycle analysis of solar panel manufacturing, researchers find domestically produced panels have a smaller carbon footprint than imported ones.
How much can e-bikes reduce carbon emissions?
A lot more than you might think...and not necessarily where you think.
The Upcycled Car
Innovations in automaking are already incorporating carbon dioxide into new vehicles you can buy today, from the body to the tires, from the fittings to the fuel in the tank.
The race is on to build an AC unit that doesn’t cook the planet
There's a $1 million prize for anyone that can design a room air conditioner that costs no more than twice what a standard one costs and produces five times less greenhouse gas
Can corporate greenwashing be proven empirically? Maybe.
In a first-of-its-kind global assessment, researchers found that having a sustainability board or an official climate-change initiative has little effect or even worsens a company's carbon emissions.