Robots That Look Like Manta Rays Will Sink Seaweed to Ocean Floor-Will Help Absorb Carbon
Seaweed absorbs way more CO2 than rainforests, and billions of tonnes of the stuff are now washing up on the beaches of Mexico every year
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Exquisite New Fossil Shows Scientists How Much More Ferocious Australia's Crocs Once Were
The wider mouth also meant it had room for an extra tooth, and Yates believes it would have pretty much eaten "whatever it wanted".
1 Million New Seagrass Seedlings Will Protect Sardinia's Beaches While Storing 35-Times More Carbon Than Trees
The new project launched by Med Sea looks to plant 1 million seagrass plants by 2050 across 19 square miles off the coastline of Sardinia
Winter Rains Cured California's Three-Year Drought and Summer's Record Heat Didn't Bring a New One
Aside from splotches of land on the northern and southern borders, the state's three-year drought had been entirely cured.
Montana Youths Sue State Over Climate Change-And WIN-Citing the State's Constitution
In an historic first, 16 youth sued Montana and won, asserting the state violated their constitutional right to a healthy environment.
4 Decades of Data Suggests Pacific Coral Reefs Can Acclimate to Warming Oceans and Resist Future Bleaching
They've already adapted—potentially at a rate of 0.18°F per decade, and the researchers recommended updating models for coral bleaching.
New Colored Films Can Significantly Cool Cars And Buildings-Inspired by the Surface of Butterflies
New butterfly-inspired nanofilm could significantly reduce the energy needed for cooling buildings or vehicles.
In Frigid Maine So Many Heat Pumps Were Sold the State Passed its Clean-Energy Target Two Years Early
To continue Maine's momentum, Governor Mills also unveiled a new target: installing another 175,000 additional heat pumps in Maine by 2027
The First Cargo Ship Running on Green Methanol Weighs Anchor Amidst Merchant Shipping Decarbonization
By the end of the decade, the company plans to have low-carbon fuels transport a quarter of all tonnage across its 700-strong fleet.
India Succeeds in Reducing Emissions Rate by 33% Over 14 Years, on Track to Meet all Targets
The measurement in the report is referred to as "emissions intensity" which describes a measure of emissions against a ratio of GDP.
These Ancient Chinese 'Skywells' Are Keeping Homes Cool as Green Architects Learn from the Past
A skywell is basically a square or rectangular courtyard in the middle of the floor plan on which one side is a stone wall.
Loss of Climate-Crucial Mangrove Forests Has Slowed to Near-Negligible Amount Worldwide, Report Hails
In the last ten years, mangrove loss has slowed to just 0.04% year over year, while countries are beginning to take protecting them seriously
All Kinds of Trash is Turned into Valuable Graphene That Can Cut Environmental Impact of Concrete by a Third
the scientists realized they could make graphene from many different things, like dead cockroaches, coffee grounds, and girl scout cookies.
New Sustainable Roofing Material Can Naturally Keep Buildings Cool Without A/C
New cooling paper invented at Northeastern not only reflects the sun away from buildings, it also sucks heat out of the interior.
New Tallest Tree in Asia-a 335-Foot Cypress Shows There's Plenty Left in the World to Discover
Researchers at Peking University working in Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon Nature Reserve have recorded a Himalayan cypress at 335 feet tall.
The Magic of Moss: The Tiny Plant Absorbs 6x More CO2 Than Other Plants, Says New Study
Found in at least 12,000 varieties from snow-capped mountains to red-hot deserts, moss is the oldest living relative of all plants
Clean Fuel Made by Pulling CO2 From Air and Plastic Waste-Powered Only by the Sun and Photosynthesis
Cambridge researchers capture CO2 directly from the air and make clean, sustainable fuels using just the energy from the sun.
NASA Unveils an X-Plane They Hope Will Save Earth
NASA and Boeing have unveiled plans for the experimental plane X-66A, which they hope will save the Earth, by cutting aviation emissions.
Fungi Could Be the Answer to Global Warming as They Store a Third of All Carbon Emissions
Their vast network of roots known as mycelia has now been shown hold a third—yes, a third, of the annually emitted carbon on Earth.
Are There Any Environmentally-Friendly Air Conditioners Out There? (Some Good News)
Reprinted via EarthTalk®, From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Are there any environmentally friendly air conditioners out there? Traditional air conditioning units consume significant amounts of energy and rely heavily on refrigerants that contribute to global warming. The good news is that there are several environmentally-friendly air conditioning options available today. One […]
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