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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.
Not all parts of the rainforest have suffered equally. Satellite images plot a path for Amazon protection.
New study suggests 3 ingredients are needed to stem forest losses: giving indigenous groups' control over land, designating protected areas—and law enforcement.
Understanding partisanship nuances may be the key to climate action
A new study finds that resistance to climate policy among Republicans is driven far more by negative partisanship than expressive partisanship
Hedgerows vs habitat restoration. Which is the better biodiversity investment?
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers compared the costs and benefits of land-sharing against land-sparing on UK farms. The results were striking.
Green cooling tech is based on the idea of salt melting ice
By combining a salt and a solvent—both cheap and abundant—engineers developed a new refrigeration system that uses less energy and emits no greenhouse gases
On the hunt for heat-tolerant genes, coral farmers discover there is no “super coral.”
In reef restoration, as in the stock market, scientists find that a diverse and flexible portfolio is the best way to hedge ones bets in a changing world.
Textbook climate coverage is expanding; solutions coverage is shrinking
In a new study, researchers propose four ways to improve climate change coverage in college biology classes
Scientists tweak crops to produce more oil—a huge step toward bolstering nutrition and saving wild land
The secret to helping plants store more oil in their seeds, the team found, is a protein called WRINKLED1.
Nano-wizardry makes wood a green electricity source
With a simple one-step treatment that changes the nanostructure of wood, researchers have boosted the electricity it produces when wet--enough to light up LEDs and even laptops
New Year’s fireworks can give migratory birds a surprisingly long hangover
The link between fireworks and wildlife disturbance is well-established. This study of migratory geese is the first to look at long-term effects
Researchers chart a path to carbon-negative plastic
A new study shows this feat is possible, but will require more than recycling or a price on carbon
