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Innovative device converts car exhaust to electricity
Wrapped around a car's tailpipe, the device could harness waste heat to produce enough electricity to at least charge a phone
The space station is the ultimate industrial environment—cut off from the natural world. And that’s not healthy.
Astronauts swabbed more than 800 spots on the International Space Station; their samples contained just 6% of the spectrum of microbial life.
Anesthesia has a greenhouse gas problem. A few tweaks could give the climate some breathing room
Good news from a new study: New protocols could cut emissions associated with surgical anesthesia in half—with no adverse effects on patient outcomes
Can the world farm more seafood with less impact?
A new study says the answer is yes. But the best-case scenario sits on a knife-edge of three factors: Location, location, location.
Natural rock weathering captures carbon over millennia. Chemists just reduced it to weeks.
By firing rock dust in standard cement kilns, they altered the mineral's chemistry so that it quickly react with carbon dioxide in the air.
First global study of the extraordinary role of animals as architects of Earth
Researchers calculated that creatures large and small rival the landscape reshaping power of half a million major floods each year.
A packaging quandary: Plastic may have less environmental impact than alternatives
Plastic is lightweight and uses relatively little material, so in the big picture it crushes the competition
Researchers engineer crops to pluck more CO2 from the air and amp up photosynthesis
Tinkering with the enzyme Rubisco, they created plants that respond to rising levels of atmospheric CO2 with increased photosynthesis—and higher yields.
On an overheating planet, which comes first: the chicken or the egg?
A fresh look at the paradox from a carbon perspective
Conserving land in wealthy countries may be making things worse somewhere else.
Researchers provide a detailed account of how “biodiversity leakage” happens—and how to tackle the often overlooked problem.
