CONSTRUCTION, CEMENT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE
With global population growth accelerating urban expansion, construction activity has reached unprecedented levels while construction waste accumulates in landfills. Ordinary[…]
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Month: August 2025
COTTON GARMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Where electricity is carbon-intensive, the use phase of cotton garments often has a bigger carbon footprint than production, especially if[…]
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CARBON NEUTRAL CONCRETE
A new concrete not only survives wildfires and extreme weather, but heals itself and absorbs carbon from the air. A[…]
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GEOMAGNETIC STORMS AND SATELLITES
Rising carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s upper atmosphere will alter how geomagnetic storms influence satellite operations with implications for thousands[…]
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ARCTIC ICE REPRIEVE
Arctic sea ice has been melting at a slower rate for the past 20 years, despite human-induced global warming. Climate[…]
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A SOLAR STILL
Making ammonia fertilizer is energy and carbon-intensive. A new low-cost solar-driven method recycles ammonia in farm and industrial runoff–otherwise becoming[…]
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ALARMING ARCTIC MICROBES
Arctic microbes are increasing glacial melt rate in a process current climate change models don’t consider. A grainy, soil-like substance—cryoconite–found[…]
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T-SHIRT STATISTICS
There’s little connection between price and t-shirt quality nor is it a reliable guide to how well it will wear[…]
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GREAT LAKES GRIEF
The Great Lakes temperature extremes have changed across all five Great Lakes over the last 80 years. They’ve intensified sharply[…]
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MANIPULATING MANGOES
Soaking mangoes in ozonated water (a process known as aqueous ozonation) for just 10 minutes before cold storage can help[…]
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