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What would happen if just 54 wealthy nations adopted the EAT-Lancet planetary health diet?
Answer: it could lock away enough carbon to help them meet their emissions targets by century-end.
Move over Medusa. Chemists turn carbon emissions into a solid—instantly
The commercially viable technique turns carbon dioxide back into solid carbon for building materials and other useful products.
Here’s how top predator species might buffer climate change impacts on biodiversity
Study underscores the power of top predators to shape ecosystems—even helping to keep them cool during heatwaves
How to trick your brain into climate action
The secret may lie in the temporo-parietal junction, the seat of our ability to imagine the lives of others—including people in the future
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%
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.
Circular trash management is a powerful but overlooked climate solution
Garbage accounts for 8% of human-caused emissions of methane. A recent analysis found that switching to circular waste management could reduce emissions from garbage by as much as 88% by 2050.
Egg white protein is ubiquitous in foods and pharmaceuticals. What if we replaced it with fungus?
A recent analysis found we could cut greenhouse gases associated with egg farming by more than half—and land use by almost 90%.
In a comparison of life-cycle emissions, EVs crushed combustion cars
“The elephant in the room is the supply chain of fossil fuel-powered vehicles, not that of electric vehicles,” says lead researcher.
