FLAWED CLIMATE RISK PERCEPTION
Most people think climate change will primarily affect other people, considering their own risk lower than that of others or[…]
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BETTER AND CHEAPER CARBON CAPTURE
A new kind of carbon material could make carbon capture much cheaper and more efficient. By carefully controlling how nitrogen[…]
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WORRISOME WILDFIRE OVERLAP
The extreme conditions that stoke wildfires are happening on more days each year, causing fire seasons in different regions to[…]
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SUPERIOR STEEL AND COPPER RECYCLING
Recycling steel and copper from fossil fuel infrastructure to build wind turbines, solar panels, and such could save as much[…]
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TROPICAL PEATLANDS PROBLEM
During the 20th century there’s been an unprecedented, dramatic increase in wildfires in tropical peatlands. They store vast quantities of[…]
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BLESSED BEAVERS
Beavers can engineer riverbeds into promising ways to prevent carbon dioxide release into the air. They are increasingly returning to[…]
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OBLITERATING ORGANISMS
As all organisms warm, performance slowly increases until they reach an optimum (where performance is greatest), but then with further[…]
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DELIVERING CLEAN DIESEL
A simple way to clean up diesel engines is by adding tiny droplets of water to the fuel. During combustion,[…]
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AIR TRAFFIC EMISSIONS
Global emissions from air traffic can be reduced by up to 50–75% by using aircraft more intelligently by flying with[…]
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NEED TO CURB CONTRAILS
Aviation is responsible for roughly 2.5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. Aircraft also release nitrogen oxides, aerosols, and contrails—emissions[…]
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