BETTER BUILDINGS
Buildings consume 32% of our global energy supply. That’s expected to double by 2050. Designing facades like the skins of[…]
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THREAT FROM GLACIAL LAKES
Worldwide glaciers are melting rapidly, leaving massive glacial lakes in their wake. If a lake rises too high or the[…]
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INSPIRATION FROM SQUID AND KRILL
Over a quarter of a building’s energy is lost through today’s glass-pane windows. Inspired by the color-changing skins of squids[…]
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MORE ALARMING AMAZON NEWS
Human activity and extreme drought are causing far more damage to the Amazon rainforest than previously thought. Up to 38%[…]
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BREATHE EASIER
Electric vehicles will not only mitigate climate change, but they reduce air pollution and improve health. A study in California[…]
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UNACHIEVABLE CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible. Social change is essential to meeting the temperature goals[…]
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FAVORING THE FARMING OF SEAWEED
Expanding global seaweed farming could really help address the planet’s food security, biodiversity loss and climate change challenges, reducing demand[…]
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NEED FOR MORE ELEPHANTS
In the jungles of equatorial Africa elephants plant the forest with high carbon-density trees and get rid of the weeds.[…]
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SELF-DRIVING CARS AS A DRIVER OF CARBON EMISSIONS
If self-driving cars are widely adopted, their emissions will rival those generated by all the data centers in the world[…]
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SALVAGING SOLAR PANELS
It’s estimated that 170,000 to 280,000 tons of solar panels will be disposed of annually in 2036. Shintora Kosan Company’s[…]
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