Energy & Decarbonization Stories
Capping and/or mitigating global warming requires a rapid shift to low-carbon socio-economic systems. From stories about scaling up renewable energy to pioneering work in solar fuels to carbon capture and storage technologies, Anthropocene magazine aims to be a leading voice in the conversation about this great transition.
Researchers have made wallpaper that generates power from indoor humidity
HVAC systems burn energy pulling moisture out of the air. This wallpaper does the opposite: It cut humidity while generating electricity.
Solar panels have (another) surprising side effect: Stopping dust storms in their tracks
In a first, researchers realistically calculated how solar farms in the Gobi Desert improve air quality in northern Chinese cities
Engineers just mapped a narrow path to greener flying
Flying behind commercial jets, a team pinpointed the exact combination of fuel and engine technology that cuts both soot and the contrails warming the planet.
Researchers had a hunch about how to solve the climate problem caused by wastewater treatment
Scientists expected their artificial floating wetland to help only after cleaning the water. Instead, greenhouse gas emissions dropped months earlier, and nobody is sure exactly why.
Building codes are holding back low-carbon concrete. A new study shows why.
Building standards treat all concrete the same, hindering the use of greener concrete, but climate conditions play a much bigger role in determining a structure’s durability
The fix for EV battery waste isn’t recycling. It’s geography.
Retired EV batteries and clean-energy demand are on opposite sides of China. Reuniting them could be one of decarbonisation’s cheapest wins.
To sort or not to sort your recyclables—which is the better climate bet?
Europe bet on sorting discipline, America bet on convenience, and the climate math is still being settled.
The circular chemistry that could make cement carbon-negative
By closing the loop on the same reaction that makes cement, researchers say plants could capture more CO2 than they release.
To fight wildfires and climate change, scientists say: Don’t burn debris, bury it.
A new study finds that burying logging debris, instead of burning it, could store far more carbon and generate billions in revenue for forest-thinning projects.
Trashed solar panels will be a treasure worth up to $1 trillion
A huge new study charted 1,708 recycling scenarios across 32 regions and found a way to turn a looming waste crisis into a circular-economy windfall.
