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.

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A Month Where Fossil Fuels Fell Behind

"Non-carbon" sources supplied more than half of US electrical power in March

Climate Change

Trees

Trees are beautiful and maybe more. Updated: July 2, 2025

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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?

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Automated Origami Paper Packaging

New machine technology to make custom origami paper packaging

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Climate Change

Directly View ISS Methane Data

Climate Change

In Hot Water

To talk climate, we need to talk class, comfort—and coffee.

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When is a wind turbine like an owl?

Wind turbine blade noise reduced by biomimicry.

Agriculture

Agrivoltaics

Agrivoltaics, a technique that combines various forms of agricultural production underneath, or adjacent to, photovoltaic installations, provides multiple, synergistic benefits: agricultural, ecological, and financial. The worldwide scope of agrivoltaics is currently small, but is growing.

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Potatoes for a warming world

New strains of potatoes that maintain production in a warmed climate

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Commercial debut: sodium-ion batteries

What might be the "better battery" for many applications is now commercially available.

Climate Change

Flyby

You take a good, hard look at Sagan's "pale blue dot." You learn surprising things.

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We'll get hope with a little help from our friends

In which we are reminded that brilliant people are doing good work.

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Great Green Wall Project

Transforming desert into productive land.

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Carbon stocks tougher than we thought

Where does carbon go when carbon goes out? More than we thought ends up in non-living material ... a persistent form of storage.

Climate Change

Hydrogen Economy - hype or hope?

Climate Change

Flooding

With climate-adaptive approaches to flood management and wetland conservation, every dollar spent yields many dollars back in flood damage reduction.

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Fire Spotting

A constellation of fire satellites will be a fabulous tool to protect us all.

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The great COVID-tech tick exploit

Hackers and gamers don't need to read the rest of this article because the headline says it all. Everybody else, keep reading. An "exploit" is a weakness, flaw, or hidden characteristic in a system that can be applied in unexpected — and often transformative — ways. It'

Hey, we're just following (customer) orders

EVs

Is 2025 the year "Pumpenfreude" becomes a thing?

EV range anxiety may never end ... in the same way that you've always worried about finding a late-night petrol station when you need one.

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More than enough materials for green power

Hang on to your hat. You're going to be surprised by this.