How could Australia actually get to net zero? Here’s how
Every bit of warming matters if we want to avoid the worst impacts for climate change, as the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on…
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Soil, Fungi, Agriculture and Climate Change
What do ancient Sanskrit texts, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin Roosevelt have in common? They recognized the importance of soil to humanity. Ancient…
July-September 2023 (ONE)
Nano inks could change how we use energy
Humans use a lot of energy to create and maintain comfortable environments – heating and cooling our buildings, homes, cars and even our bodies. According…
Elders Seek to Supercharge Climate Action
Last month thousands of senior Americans took to the streets in 30 states to demand that the country’s major banks divest from fossil fuels. This…
April-June 2023 (ONE)
The road to low-carbon concrete
By M. Mitchell Waldrop For thousands of years, humanity has had a love affair with cement and concrete. But now, industry groups and researchers are…
Just 20% of climate change studies ‘written by women’
Chioma Blaise Chikere is at the pinnacle of her career, as a professor of environmental microbiology and biotechnology at the University of Port Harcourt in…
I Helped Pen the UN Climate Report. Here’s Why It Gives Me Hope.
On April 4, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final installment of its Sixth Assessment Report, an epic synthesis of science…
July-September 2022 (ONE)
Rethinking air conditioning amid climate change
Saugat Bolakhe ACs and refrigerators help keep people safe — but they also further warm the planet. Scientists are working on eco-friendlier solutions as global…
“New tech inside“: Europe needs to embrace ground-breaking geothermal technologies
The new REPowerEU Plan presented last week by the European Commission is the latest proposal of measures that would speed up the transformation of Europe’s…
Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited
Nowhere is nature more vibrant than in Earth’s tropical forests. Thought to contain more than half of all plant and animal species, the forests around…