Can Kelp Forests Mitigate the Climate Crisis?
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 [...]
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Rock Dust on Croplands: 2B Tons of CO2 Capture
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 [...]
Cost-Effective Self-Forming CO2 Separator
What could be more cost effective than a technology that builds itself? A group of researchers at Newcastle University have developed a new class of self-forming membrane [...]
Put clean energy at the heart of stimulus plans to counter the coronavirus crisis
by Fatih Birol (@ieabirol), executive director, International Energy Agency March 24, 2020 — Editor’s note: This piece is republished with permission from the [...]
Power Grid Electricity Loss – Globally, It’s a Lot
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 [...]
A Viable Climate Solution? Methane to CO2
A relatively simple process could help turn the tide of climate change while also turning a healthy profit. That’s one of the hopeful visions outlined in a new Stanford-led [...]
Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything
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 [...]
State cap-and-trade systems offer evidence that carbon pricing can work
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 [...]
“Deep Farms” Could Avoid Inefficiencies of Surface Farming
In these days of increased concern about climate change, two of the greatest vulnerabilities affecting our current food production are the availability of arable land and the [...]
Why We Can’t Reverse Climate Change with ‘Negative Emissions’ Technologies
By Howard J. Herzog, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series of guest columns on innovative energy technologies and [...]
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