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To help with climate change, carbon capture will have to evolve

Natasha Gilbert — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:09 GMT

The technologies are a useful tool to reduce CO₂ levels but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels

The greening of planes, trains and automobiles

Nicola Jones — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:03 GMT

We need new fuels to transport people and goods around the globe as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil. Here’s how things are shaping up.

Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming

Bob Holmes — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:10 GMT

New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way

The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US

Hannah Hoag — Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:23 GMT

An invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since last summer. Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.

Nuclear’s role in a net-zero world

Nicola Jones — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:19 GMT

Is nuclear power a necessary part of the energy transition away from fossil fuels? As the debate rages on, new technologies and smaller reactors may be shifting the balance.

How to overcome political polarization on climate change

Ula Chrobak — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 00:00:13 GMT

Conversations — in real life — can help bridge the partisan divide, but the trick is to have some structure to the discussion, says a human ecologist

Moving trees north to save the forests

John H. Tibbetts — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:06 GMT

As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.

A big boost to Europe’s climate change goals

Elise Hansen — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:28 GMT

The bloc aims to become the first carbon-neutral continent. A new policy called CBAM will assist its ambitions — and may persuade other countries to follow in its footsteps.

Losing the connection between the Andes and the Amazon: A price of peace in Colombia

Pablo Correa — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:00:22 GMT

The South American country, where the biodiversity of the Andes meets that of the Amazon, is losing the great natural wealth of some 1,500 square kilometers of forest each year, mainly in areas formerly under guerrilla control

Indigenous languages are founts of environmental knowledge

Katarina Zimmer — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 00:00:25 GMT

Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues — which may hold vital clues to protecting biodiversity

Green shipping picks up speed

Elise Hansen — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 00:00:20 GMT

An international treaty aims to bring the shipping industry to net-zero emissions by around 2050. Can novel fuels, wind power and coordination on a global scale get it there?

Pursuing fusion power

M. Mitchell Waldrop — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:00:01 GMT

Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic era. Interest, and investment, in the carbon-free energy source is heating up.

Leaning into Indigenous knowledge on climate change

Chris Baraniuk — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:11 GMT

Native peoples attuned to the natural world have long collected detailed environmental information. Now scientists are cataloging these observations and learning how they’re affecting Indigenous communities globally.

Abandon the idea of ‘great green walls’

Matthew Turner, Diana Davis, Emily Yeh and Pierre Hiernaux — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:00:07 GMT

OPINION: The notion of planting miles of trees to hold back encroaching deserts is misguided and damaging; we should promote programs that secure livelihoods and respect dryland ecologies instead

Why one deforestation solution has yet to stop massive tree loss

Eric Lambin and Paul Furumo — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:11 GMT

OPINION: Zero-deforestation supply-chain commitments aren’t protecting tropical forests as much as hoped. But they might, if the same standards were applied to domestic and export markets.

Is this ‘age of the delta’ coming to an end?

Boyce Upholt — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:05 GMT

The wet landmasses, though inherently impermanent, have been essential to both people and wildlife for thousands of years. But recent shifts have brought on some rapid losses that worry scientists.

The challenges and promises of climate lawsuits

Katarina Zimmer — Thu, 11 May 2023 00:00:11 GMT

Lawsuits against emissions-spewing governments and fossil fuel companies have established themselves as a key tool in the battle against climate change, but they aren’t always successful

AI for better crops

Saugat Bolakhe — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:17 GMT

The technology could transform how growers protect their harvests, by detecting plant diseases very early on. But the challenge is to develop tools that are as affordable as they are effective.

The obscure calculation transforming climate policy

Ula Chrobak — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00:06 GMT

After long debate, economists and philosophers are reaching consensus on how to value future generations

Beyond COP27: Who will pay for climate solutions?

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:18 GMT

VIDEO: Economic issues were front and center at the most recent global climate summit. Join Tobias Adrian of the International Monetary Fund and Shuang Liu of the World Resources Institute to take stock of the investments needed to prevent future climate disasters.