What conditions make some green startups float and others sink?
Challenging conventional wisdom, a new study finds that green businesses aren’t necessarily better off setting up shop in eco-conscious places
Scientists solve two problems at once—turning methane pollution into sustainable fishmeal
A new analysis shows that it’s cheaper, more sustainable—and just as effective—to make aquaculture feed out of methane from industrial waste, than from forage fish extracted from the sea
Mixing steel and wood to cut construction emissions
MIT team’s new tool could let builders design timber–steel trusses that cut the material-related emissions of structures by over 10%
The Wild Ride of This Energy Transition
Change is happening in jolts, confounding expectations. Is that a cause for dread—or optimism?
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A Memo from the Year 2050: How We Defeated the Worst Zoonotic Diseases by Brandon Keim
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Applying the Airbnb Business Model to Nature Conservation by Seema Jayachandran
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How to Plant the Forests of the Future by Lauren E. Oakes
Are We Approaching Peak Stuff?
Almost imperceptibly, we are stepping off the consumption treadmill
How Much Energy Will the World Need?
Any climate plan that doesn’t consider this question is bound to fail.
What’s the Fastest Way to an Energy Miracle?
First amp up R&D then fade in a carbon tax
End of life planning . . . for foam furniture and insulation
Researchers have found a way to make valuable plastics out of hard-to-recycle polyurethane foams used in furniture and insulation.
To boost EV adoption, add a lot of charging stations and a few gas-powered backup cars
It's all about convenience: MIT researchers identify strategies that increase electrification by fitting it into people’s existing lifestyles
The Problem with Making Nature Pay for Itself
Trying to make nature valuable has had a disappointing track record.
A memo from the year 2050
Here's how we avoided the worst of zoonotic diseases
Sustainability science is changing the world
David Quammen
What if evolution isn’t linear, as Charles Darwin proposed when he first sketched the tree of life?
Emily Anthes
Amphibious architecture responds to floods like ships to a rising tide, floating on the water’s surface.
Oliver Morton
The godlike powers of geoengineering irrevocably change the human’s relationship with Planet Earth.
Frances Cairncross
What is the optimal rollout of carbon taxes and research subsidies to speed up the transition to a low-carbon economy?
David Biello
Welcome to the brave new world of artificial intelligence for conservation.
Veronique Greenwood
The rise of fast fashion and the technology that needs to change to keep your clothes out of the garbage.
Fred Pearce
Some economies may be quietly, and surprisingly approaching a phenomenon economists call “peak stuff.
Akshat Rathi
What if we could transform cement from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge?
Ted Nordhaus
The climate change apocalypse problem
Andrew Revkin
The word “anthropocene” has become the closest thing there is to common shorthand for this turbulent, momentous, unpredictable, hopeless, hopeful time—duration and scope still unknown
Vandana Singh
How might science fiction constructively contribute to the Human Age?
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