Climate Change Misinformation, Disinformation, Malinformation, and Distrust of Climate Science Misinformation, disinformation and malinformation are forms of rampant pollution of the information ecosystem. This pollution is toxic, promoting distrust in science, and holding back efforts to combat climate change.
Greenhouse Gases Sand Batteries A company in Finland has brought on line a high-temperature heat storage installation, using crushed local soapstone, to store off-peak and renewable energy for use during peak demand periods
water New Desalination Technology Australian researchers have developed a new desalination process that uses less energy than phase change and requires less maintenance than reverse osmosis.
Greenhouse Gases Efficiency Gains via Electrification, or Why We Should Electrify Everything We Can Decarbonizing the economy by electrifying everything in it will mean we need less total energy.
Hope Storing Energy from Renewables and/or Waste Heat for Industrial Processes System to store renewable energy as high-temperature heat for industrial processes
Birds Feeders lead hummingbirds by the beak Backyard hummingbird feeders present an environmental shift and an opportunity for species change through natural selection.
Materials Steel Steel is one of the pillars of modern civilization but its production emits far more CO2 than the aviation industry. Material substitutes for steel simply don’t exist on the kind of scale needed. Reducing the carbon impact of steel production faces major technical and economic challenges.
Hope Extracting Water from Desert Air with Bio-inspired Materials Getting water from desert air, like a frog
The Day Bores Became Exciting Oilfield down-hole skills may lead to viable large-scale closed-loop geothermal. It's a trend to watch.
Solar Covering Canals with Solar PV A pilot project to reduce evaporation and generate renewable electricity by covering irrigation canals with solar PV has completed its first phase.
Can Ticks Invade Canada Faster? Some North American tick species seem to be expanding northward more quickly than their physiological cold tolerance allows. A new paper proposes an explanation.
How-to Resilience Borne of Disaster After experiencing disasters, many places around the world are rebuilding to be more resilient in future. We can learn from the experience of others how to assess our local hazards and risks and upgrade our infrastructure, so as to lessen the damage from future events.
Hope A Month Where Fossil Fuels Fell Behind "Non-carbon" sources supplied more than half of US electrical power in March
Hope Printed Circuit Boards Made from Leaves and Pill Coating Researchers have invented printed circuit boards made from leaves of magnolia trees.
Food Mycelial Proteins: A Little Like Mae West In a world where the environmental footprint of foods is important, mycelial proteins gain market acceptance.
Wind The Return of Commercial Cargo Sailing Ships Modern, purpose-built commercial cargo sailing ships are now sailing trans-Atlantic routes
Climate Change Coffee - Climate Change Gets Personal Coffee – many of us can’t live without our daily fix, but what is the environmental footprint of our daily cup(s), and what impact does a warming planet have on the future of coffee production?
