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Mar 1, 2019

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10 Big Global Challenges Technology Could Solve

None is easy, but all are incredibly important

Illustrations: Tomi Um

By the Editors

1. Carbon sequestration

Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions alone won’t be enough to prevent sharp increases in global temperatures. We’ll also need to remove vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which not only…

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