Hope

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.

Hope

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.

Hope

Potatoes for a warming world

New strains of potatoes that maintain production in a warmed climate

Hope

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.

Hope

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

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

Hope

Great Green Wall Project

Transforming desert into productive land.

Hope

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.

Hope

Fire Spotting

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

Hope

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.

Hope

More than enough materials for green power

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

Climate Change

Fire insurance

Economic Perspective

Clean energy and GDP: 2nd inning

2024 looks to set another record for clean and green technologies globally.

Climate Change

Climate Politics

An excess of unworthy events becomes worthy of commentary.

Economic Perspective

Clean and green: the new normal

The energy arc of the world swings towards clean.

Wind

Gigawatts more offshore wind: coming in 2025

This will blow the doors off your DeLorean.

Climate Change

Slow Apocalypse

Why is humanity moving so slowly to respond to climate change?

Hope

Just ... maybe

Global renewable energy capacity continues to rise quickly.