Biodiversity & Conservation
Radar satellite deforestation tracking: the new standard
The grand promise of forest protection has always arrived in immaculate diplomatic language: transparency, traceability…
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Circular Economy
Chemical recycling: is it a viable solution for plastic waste?
A plastic food tray, rinsed and dropped into the bin. The filmy wrapper around a delivery parcel. The bottle cap that survived…
Climate Science & Policy
Shadow carbon pricing for small business planning
The most useful carbon price for a small business is often the one that never appears on an invoice. Shadow carbon pricing…
Green Tech & Innovation
Direct air capture or point-source CCS for climate goals
A carbon capture plant attached to a cement kiln and a direct air capture facility may share the same broad vocabulary—sorbents…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Mycorrhizal fungi: the underground forest support system
A newly planted tree can look healthy above ground and still be losing its most important battle below it. On a degraded site…
Circular Economy
Battery passport rules: what the new EU data mandates mean
The EU Battery Passport is not primarily a consumer-facing label. It is a compliance system attached to a physical battery, with…
Climate Science & Policy
The 1.5C warming limit: have we officially crossed it?
In April 2024, NOAA's Coral Reef Watch declared the fourth global mass bleaching event on record, spanning reefs from the Florida…
Green Tech & Innovation
Hempcrete insulation: is it ready for your home renovation?
Hempcrete has acquired the sort of reputation that usually follows a technology once it has attracted both climate-conscious…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Passive rewilding vs active habitat management
A field left alone does not automatically become a healthy ecosystem. Sometimes, giving nature room is exactly what a damaged…
Circular Economy
Renewcell bankruptcy: why circular fashion is stalling
Renewcell filed for bankruptcy in a Stockholm court on February 25, 2024, after failing to turn a technically functioning…
Climate Science & Policy
Atlantic circulation slowdown: the physics of AMOC
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is slowing in a part of the ocean where temperature and salt determine whether…
Green Tech & Innovation
Smart energy monitors: how to act on your data tomorrow
A smart home energy monitor does not reduce electricity consumption by itself. It measures the system. The savings begin only…
Climate Science & Policy
The chemical process behind ocean acidification
The ocean has absorbed roughly 30% of the carbon dioxide released by human activity. That uptake has slowed the rise of…
Circular Economy
Bioplastic contamination in Oregon composting facilities
By the time the March 2019 open letter from Oregon’s composting coalition appeared, the word “compostable” had already done…
Biodiversity & Conservation
Marine reserves: strict protection or sustainable use?
Across 7,000 kilometers of Australia’s Southern Great Reef, the ecological divide between strict protection and sustainable use…
Energy Transition
Renewable energy grid bottlenecks and why they matter now
More than 2,060 GW of generation and storage capacity was actively seeking grid connection in the United States at the end of…
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