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Our team of science writers pore through stacks of the latest climate and sustainability science and bring you a hand-picked selection of the most compelling research from around the world, a compendium found nowhere else.
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.
No-till may not be the agricultural panacea we thought it was
The findings, from an extensive survey of soil studies, draws a questions mark over carbon estimates that are used in some IPCC reports.
New heat pump design inflates efficiency and deflates costs
The remarkably simple new technology could lower the cost of owning a climate-friendly HVAC system and increase its adoption
A rural health clinic saves a rainforest . . . and 45 other win-wins for nature and human health
Scientists searched for projects that simultaneously benefit nature and human health. They wound up with a Yelp-like rating system for 46 strategies.
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
Here’s how a sugar tax tackles health and carbon emissions in single blow
In a surprising twist, researchers calculated that diverting EU sugar cropland to other uses yielded big carbon reductions—in Brazil.
First-of-its-kind solar tower brews jet fuel from water and CO2
Technology to make carbon-neutral kerosene has moved out of the lab and into a real-world demonstration, hinting at the future of solar jet fuels
A surprising win-win: Intensive vanilla farming and biodiversity conservation
Vanilla farms help boost the number of species found on land previously cleared for agriculture in Madagascar, scientists find.
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
In a first, researchers connect the dots between EVs, global wildlands, and emissions avoided
Under a full electrification scenario in the US, 4.4 million hectares of land could be saved (mostly in Brazil, China and India), and the CO2 emissions of all gas cars in the US could be halved.
