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Solar above, fish below: Double-decker farms could rival US power use
Floating solar panels over the world’s fish and shrimp ponds could generate 4,100 terawatt-hours of electricity, avoiding up to 2.5 billion tons of emissions.
Sewage bacteria generate electricity while destroying antibiotics
Call it a sewage trifecta: a new microbial fuel cell makes power, breaks down hard-to-remove antibiotics, and produces the household chemical hydrogen peroxide.
Moving animals out of a bulldozer’s path mostly doesn’t work
Relocating frogs, snakes and turtles helps developers get permits. A new review of 256 cases finds it rarely helps the animals.
Nature already invented biodegradable plastic. Scientists want to reverse engineer it.
Cellophane bees make a polyethylene-like plastic that breaks down in soil within a year. A new PNAS study shows how it could inspire biodegradable bioplastics.
What’s the fairest way to tax a hamburger?
A global tax on food emissions, mostly from meat and dairy, could cut them by 17 percent. Charging rich nations up to $969 per ton of CO2, and poor ones as little as $21, would protect the hungry.
This plastic will destroy itself in the ocean within weeks
Biodegradable plastics, designed to break down in compost, linger for a long time in oceans. Embedding them with tiny amounts of plastic-destroying enzymes speeds things up.
Less is more. So why does more feel greener? 9 studies probe the “sustainable additive bias”
Consumers judge companies greener when they add eco-friendly items more so than when they remove unnecessary ones, researchers found.
Which protein is best for the planet and your health?
A new rating system combines a “planet score” and a “people score” to see past confusing eco-labels. Tofu came out on top, and steak and cheese at the bottom.
The case for low-carbon bamboo fuel starts at $2.75 a gallon.
The fastest-growing plant on Earth can be turned into biocrude with almost no waste. A new study finds it emits 26 times less carbon than petroleum diesel.
We’re way closer to protecting 30% of the planet than we knew. But there’s a catch.
Scientists found millions of acres of overlooked conservation land, from sacred sites to watershed reserves. The world may hit its 2030 goal, just not in the right places.
