
A Historical Tour of the Clean Energy Future
A progress report on ARPA-E’s efforts to clean up energy production
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A progress report on ARPA-E’s efforts to clean up energy production
Global warming may transform these places beyond recognition
Global warming may transform these places beyond recognition
A new proposal pegs the start of the Anthropocene to the little ice age and the Columbian Exchange
Advanced aircraft flies around the world on a wing and a sunbeam
A falloff in construction of new nuclear power plants will make climate change requirements harder to meet
An illuminating new documentary reveals deliberate efforts to obfuscate global warming
Global warming is headed back to the future as the CO2 level reaches a new high
A Q&A with the new head of Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy chemist Ellen Williams
Pres. Barack Obama vetoed a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline on February 24— not because of climate change, not because of low oil prices and not because of the risks from leaking diluted bitumen from the tar sands...
National Park Service researchers recorded ambient sound from all over the country to find out where there’s still stillness. David Biello reports
Life thrives even deep inside Earth and scientists are beginning to suspect extensive connections among those underground environments. David Biello reports
Modified jets spewing sulfuric acid could haze the skies over the Arctic in a few years “for the price of a Hollywood blockbuster,” as physicist David Keith of Harvard University likes to say...
When did the Anthropocene begin?
Biology paired with machines turns carbon dioxide back into fuel or other useful molecules
The long-term winter warming of Russia’s far north has gotten a boost from industrialization. David Biello reports
The biggest single source of global warming pollution actually started to shrink in 2014. David Biello reports
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The U.S. Senate voted 62 to 36 yesterday to build the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline that would bring oil from tar sands in Canada down through the U.S.
The value of recycling depends on the material in question and whether all hidden costs and benefits go into the analysis. David Biello reports
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