Most plastic recycling produces low-value materials — but we’ve found a way to turn a common plastic into high-value molecules. by Susannah Scott, University of [...]
Air travel emissions have a huge negative impact on the environment due to greenhouse gas emissions from traditional jet fuel. As a result, there is a high demand for [...]
By Emma Bryce @EmmaSAanne June 24, 2020 — Sixty years ago, Tasmania’s coastline was cushioned by a velvety forest of kelp so dense it would ensnare local fishers as [...]
A major new study shows that adding rock dust to farmland could remove carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent to more than the current total emissions from global aviation and [...]
by Fatih Birol (@ieabirol), executive director, International Energy Agency March 24, 2020 — Editor’s note: This piece is republished with permission from the [...]
Sarah Marie Jordaan, Johns Hopkins University and Kavita Surana, University of Maryland When it comes to strategies for slowing the effects of climate change, the idea of [...]
Batteries may be a tool in the critical need to remove CO2 from our air. A new system developed at MIT can work on the gas at virtually any concentration level, even down to [...]
The ever-more-humble carbon nanotube may be just the device to make solar panels far more efficient – and anything else that loses energy through heat. Rice University [...]
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series of guest columns on innovative energy technologies and opinions. F. Todd Davidson, University of Texas at Austin; Dave [...]
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Tufts University Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series of guest columns on innovative energy technologies and opinions. The latest UN [...]