Our Fragile Earth

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Phones, devices, and car batteries rely on metals like lithium and cobalt, using intensive, invasive mining so discontinuing metal-based solutions[…]

Planting the wrong trees in the wrong places can diminish their cooling benefits. In hot, compact cities, narrow species and[…]

A new method extracts gold from electronics waste, then uses the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon[…]

A polar vortex is expected to bring snow, ice and brutal cold to most of the U.S. as frigid air[…]

One way to increase solar cell efficiency is to change their chemical makeup. Current cells use silicon, a long-lasting inorganic[…]

A new material for high density data storage can be erased and recycled in a more efficient and sustainable way,[…]

Over the past century, sea level on the Hudson River has risen about a foot. An extension of the Atlantic[…]

Flies are increasingly at risk due to rising global temperatures. Bees can tolerate much higher temperatures and have a wider[…]