MICROBIAL MISERY
Rising temperatures could push ocean plankton and other single-celled creatures toward a carbon tipping point, fueling more warming. Most of[…]
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FABULOUS ROCK FLOUR
Rock “flour” produced by the grinding under Greenland’s glaciers can trap CO2 when spread on farm fields. Natural chemical reactions[…]
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MASS MOVEMENT–MORE ON DEADLY HEAT
The world is currently on track for 2.7C of heating, meaning that 2 billion people will experience average annual temperatures[…]
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USEFUL DISPOSABLE DIAPERS
Used disposable diapers are mostly landfilled or burned, but up to 8% of the volume of concrete and mortar to[…]
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DEADLY HEAT
One in five people could live in dangerously hot conditions by the end of the century if global warming continues[…]
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FIXING THE FERTILIZER PROBLEM
Globally, fertilizers are responsible for more than 2.6 gigatons of carbon emissions annually, more than global shipping and aviation combined.[…]
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INCREASINGLY PARCHED
More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s—due mainly to climate change[…]
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AGRIVOLTAICS ADVANTAGES
Agrivoltaics, where crops are grown underneath solar panels, could be very helpful with temperatures rising. Producing renewable energy on farmland[…]
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HOTTER YET
As La Niña ends and a new El Nino develops, there’s a 98% likelihood that the world will experience new[…]
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COLORFUL COOLING
A new material could someday keep buildings, cars and other structures cool without requiring external power. The plant-based film gets[…]
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