Daily Science
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.
An inspired type of armor for microbes could reduce the need for chemical fertilizers
Drawing on technology that protects drugs as they pass through the human body, scientists have found a way to seal nitrogen-fixing bacteria so that it can withstand high temperatures and humidity for months.
Which is better for climate: creating a new forest or a new solar farm?
In a side-by-side comparison, researchers found that it makes more sense to cover the drier parts of the world with solar panels than new forests.
Shipwrecks have a serendipitous second life as barriers to destructive fishing
Sunken ships creates obstacles for bottom-trawling, creating a refuge for marine creatures.
Waste management hasn’t been thought of as a climate change solution. No longer.
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers calculated how shovel-ready waste-handling technologies could quickly hit the brakes on global warming.
Using lasers, water and air, team takes the quest for green fertilizer to a whole new level
The discovery involved air-zapping lasers that made fertilizer almost 40 times more efficiently than conventional methods.
Burning forests now means fewer mega-fires later. But who’s gonna light the match?
One research team meticulously demonstrated the long-term benefits of low-intensity forest fires; while another documented the short-term political barriers.
The case for climate neuroscience
In a new paper, brain scientists lay out how their field could probe the reciprocal relationships between the changing climate and the brain.
First-of-their-kind maps show that biochar from crop residues could lock up 510 MMT of carbon
And that was the researchers’ more conservative estimate.
People drive EVs less than gas-powered cars, and that’s a problem
We may be overestimating the emissions savings from EVs and under-utilizing them to reap benefits, a new study finds.
For mountain lions, artificial light is both a problem to be solved and a potential tool
Bright lights cause cats to shun important habitat such as road crossings, but they could also be used to discourage animals from preying on livestock
