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The humble peanut reveals how seed sharing makes crops more resilient in a warming world
The presence of wild peanut traits in modern crops has enabled farmers to cut back on fungicides and other chemical treatments, and even reduce fuel use and emissions.
A spoonful of sugar makes a better battery
Lithium-sulfur batteries can store 5x more energy than their lithium-ion counterparts and are more environmentally friendly. This sweet maneuver could get them market-ready by boosting longevity.
Can marine reserves work if they still allow fishing? One UK bay suggests “Yes.”
On the southwest coast of the England, near the town of Lyme Regis, scientists found that fish populations boomed when reefs were protected, even though some kinds of fishing continued.
Is fighting poverty compatible with fighting climate change?
The latest research team to tackle the question thinks it is. Their key insight: a lot of current energy use isn’t really contributing to human well-being
A wild grass gene endows wheat with the power to intercept fertilizer pollution
Applied to different cultivars, this discovery has the potential to not only slash nitrate pollution, but also agricultural greenhouse gases
A fundamentally new way to freeze foods could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars
Based on a strategy for transporting organs for transplant patients, the method doesn’t ruin food by turning it into solid ice
Insects and fallen trees are a potent duo when it comes to climate change
Climate change and declining insect populations could alter how wood rots in forests around the world, scientists say. The implications are big.
People don’t know what climate experts are talking about
Simpler language and more context could aid public understanding of climate change
Small strategic dietary changes yield surprisingly large health and environmental returns
Meticulously ranking almost 6,000 foods, researched showed how simply swapping some ingredients for others could incrementally add hours and days to our lives and reduce environmental harms, too
Tiny chemical “nanojars” could remove carbon dioxide from lakes and oceans
Acidification is a serious threat to coral reefs and other aquatic organisms, and researchers propose a simple way to remedy it
