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Can Deep-Sea Mining Provide Precious Metals for Renewables?
Can Deep-Sea Mining Provide Precious Metals for Renewables?
Clumps of precious metal litter the ocean floor. Could this be the answer to Renewables expansion? Or is the damage to the sea to great?
Venus Lee
May 27
Junk in the Trunk: Physics Behind EV Efficiency
Junk in the Trunk: Physics Behind EV Efficiency
How hybrid and electric cars carry that weight and drive further than traditional Internal Combustion Engines on less fuel.
Matt Traverso
May 24
The ‘Doomsday Vault’ That Could Save Humanity from Extinction
The ‘Doomsday Vault’ That Could Save Humanity from Extinction
The vault stores that which matters most: and spoiler, it’s not your tech gadgets.
Paul Abela, MSc
May 27
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Everest Is On Thin Ice
Everest Is On Thin Ice
As global temperatures continue to rise, the path to the roof of the world will only become more treacherous.
Ricky Lanusse
May 27
The Spooky Consequences of Pollinator Decline
The Spooky Consequences of Pollinator Decline
Climate change is threatening food production and ecosystem stability. New research highlights the urgent need for pollinator conservation.
Dr. Pine
May 23
Will I Get To Visit Antarctica Before It Collapses?
Will I Get To Visit Antarctica Before It Collapses?
Recent record-low sea ice levels remind us of climate change’s stark reality and the urgent need for action to protect our planet.
Sílvia PM, PhD 🍂
May 22
Is it Time for Climate Enforcement Mechanisms?
Is it Time for Climate Enforcement Mechanisms?
Are punitive measures now needed to make countries bind to their Nationally Determined Contributions? And if so, what?
Venus Lee
May 22
The Difference Between ‘Weather’ and ‘Climate Change’
The Difference Between ‘Weather’ and ‘Climate Change’
Earth's chaotic planetary equilibrium means everything can appear ok, or dismissed as ‘normal’ — until it’s not.
Paul Abela, MSc
May 22
How to Upcycle Agricultural Biomass
How to Upcycle Agricultural Biomass
In South East Asia innovative biological solutions are turn agricultural biomass into high-value, circular economy products.
Eur Ing Hong Wai Onn
May 22
Carbon Pricing Has Proven to Cut Emissions, Not Just Hot Air
Carbon Pricing Has Proven to Cut Emissions, Not Just Hot Air
Despite criticisms, a new meta-study shows that carbon pricing, while not perfect, reduces emissions by 5–21%
Dr. Pine
May 17
Amazon Wildfires Pushing Toward Global Ecological Catastrophe
Amazon Wildfires Pushing Toward Global Ecological Catastrophe
We need urgent, global action to strengthen firefighting, enforce laws, support sustainable land use — and water.
Sílvia PM, PhD 🍂
May 16
Venezuela Once Had Skiing Competitions — Now It’s the First Country to Lose All Its Glaciers
Venezuela Once Had Skiing Competitions — Now It’s the First Country to Lose All Its Glaciers
All in less than 70 years…
Ricky Lanusse
May 16
Why do Universities Resist Divestments So Strongly?
Why do Universities Resist Divestments So Strongly?
Even in the face of intense student protests, universities are reticent to clean up their investments in arms and fossil fuels.
Avinash B
May 16
How I Lost My Phone (and Found a Climate Solution)
How I Lost My Phone (and Found a Climate Solution)
Majority of gutters in Nigeria are clogged with solid waste — but could bioswales provide an alternative that saves water (and phones)?
Precious Awonge
May 16
Why Heat Waves Are Rising in India (and Globally)
Why Heat Waves Are Rising in India (and Globally)
And what we need to do to survive them.
Ritu
May 13
Climate Scientists Should Write Stories, Not Just Journal Papers
Climate Scientists Should Write Stories, Not Just Journal Papers
Why I came to feel that freelance journalism, not academia, would better allow me to take effective climate action.
Peter Knapp
May 10
Southern Brazil Battles Against the Elements Like ‘Never Before’
Southern Brazil Battles Against the Elements Like ‘Never Before’
With torrential rains marking the region’s fourth environmental catastrophe in less than a year — how do we prepare for the ‘new normal’?
Ricky Lanusse
May 10
How To Talk To Climate Change Deniers
How To Talk To Climate Change Deniers
Effective communication strategies for engaging with climate change deniers (without despairing).
Dr. Pine
May 9
Is A Healthier Diet Also Better For The Planet?
Is A Healthier Diet Also Better For The Planet?
Aligning food supply with dietary recommendations could promote better health outcomes and significantly reduce environmental damage.
Sílvia PM, PhD 🍂
May 8
Real Estate is Causing Climate Change
Real Estate is Causing Climate Change
The Nigerian real estate industry is booming — but so is deforestation and the urban-heat island effect.
Precious Awonge
May 8
Who’s Afraid of Chinese Climate Tech?
Who’s Afraid of Chinese Climate Tech?
The American media, apparently
George Dillard
May 6
The Sun Has Engulfed India
The Sun Has Engulfed India
India is in the grips of a heat wave. Our throats are parched and there is a restlessness that comes from not knowing when this will end.
Nitya Muralidharan
May 6
What if Climate Change Predictions Don’t Come True?
What if Climate Change Predictions Don’t Come True?
Scientists do not publish their predictions to prove them right but to encourage us to take action to prove them wrong.
Dr. Pine
May 2
Can We Engineer the Oceans to Help Battle Climate Change?
Can We Engineer the Oceans to Help Battle Climate Change?
As the planet continues to warm, scientists are developing new tech to enhance the oceans' natural capacities for carbon sequestration.
Sílvia PM, PhD 🍂
May 1
How Saving The Maldives May Actually Destroy It
How Saving The Maldives May Actually Destroy It
Reclaiming land, but losing Paradise?
Ricky Lanusse
Apr 30
Will Transitioning to Clean Energies Destroy The Economy?
Will Transitioning to Clean Energies Destroy The Economy?
Or will switching to renewable energy drive economic growth, create new jobs, and improve public health instead…
Dr. Pine
Apr 25
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