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- Barcelona-style “superblocks” could make cities greener and less car-centric https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/03/barceolona-style-superblocks-a-surprising-number-of-cities-greener/ 327 comments
- Research suggests that climate opinion cost the Republicans the 2020 US presidential election, or, to put it another way, climate concern delivered the White House to the Democrats https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/01/climate-concerns-are-driving-small-but-pivotal-shifts-in-voting-choices/ 16 comments politics
- Is the Climate Crisis a Population Problem? “The balance of population in the past was controlled by death: it was ugly and unacceptable. The new balance is controlled by love.” – Hans Rosling #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/07/is-the-climate-crisis-a-population-problem-or-a-poverty-problem/ 50 comments climate
- Solar-powered airships could help climate-friendly air travel get off the ground https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/05/solar-powered-airships-could-help-climate-friendly-air-travel-get-off-the-ground/ 19 comments futurology
- Solar panels handle heat better when they’re combined with crops https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/03/solar-panels-handle-heat-better-when-theyre-combined-with-crops/ 172 comments technology
- Solar panels handle heat better when combined with crops https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/03/solar-panels-handle-heat-better-when-theyre-combined-with-crops/ 330 comments futurology
- Hydropower could help developing nations decarbonize . . . with minimal environmental impact https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/01/hydropower-doesnt-have-to-disrupt-environment-and-people/ 10 comments technology
- A new way to fight Lyme Disease: Prescribed fire https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/10/a-new-way-to-fight-lyme-disease-forest-fires/ 2 comments environment
- Researchers identify which seafood is the most nutritious and the least carbon-intensive https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/09/which-seafood-is-the-most-nutritious-and-the-least-carbon-intensive/ 11 comments science
- What is climate-neutral aviation and how do we get there? https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/08/what-is-climate-neutral-aviation-and-how-do-we-get-there/ 14 comments environment
- Is climate change a population problem or a poverty problem? https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/07/is-the-climate-crisis-a-population-problem-or-a-poverty-problem/ 118 comments climate
- Nuclear energy material footprint is on par with renewables https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/07/the-material-footprint-of-nuclear-energy-far-smaller-than-fossil-fuel-power-is-on-par-with-renewables/ 197 comments energy
- How much can e-bikes reduce carbon emissions? https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/06/how-much-can-e-bikes-reduce-carbon-emissions/ 43 comments environment
- 3D-Printed Bricks could be the building blocks of modern, sustainable architecture https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2016/09/3d-printed-bricks/ 15 comments futurology
- Between 2003 and 2018, the diet-related greenhouse gas emissions of US citizens has fallen 35% as Americans have shifted away from beef and other animal-based foods. https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/05/a-15-year-snapshot-of-us-diets-reveals-a-gradual-shift-away-from-beef/ 4 comments upliftingnews
- Between 2003 and 2018, the diet-related greenhouse gas emissions of US citizens has fallen 35% as Americans have shifted away from beef and other animal-based foods. https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/05/a-15-year-snapshot-of-us-diets-reveals-a-gradual-shift-away-from-beef/ 10 comments upliftingnews
- Between 2003 and 2018, the diet-related greenhouse gas emissions of US citizens has fallen 35% as Americans have shifted away from beef and other animal-based foods. https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/05/a-15-year-snapshot-of-us-diets-reveals-a-gradual-shift-away-from-beef/ 38 comments upliftingnews
- Between 2003 and 2018, the diet-related greenhouse gas emissions of US citizens has fallen 35% as Americans have shifted away from beef and other animal-based foods. https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/05/a-15-year-snapshot-of-us-diets-reveals-a-gradual-shift-away-from-beef/ 1212 comments science
- Let's Do This Everywhere Feasible: Simply Spreading Rock Dust on Farmland Can Eat 45% of the Carbon in the UK's Climate Goals https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/05/the-simple-act-of-spreading-rock-dust-on-farms-is-an-overlooked-but-tantalizing-climate-solution/ 3 comments environment
- AI-designed enzyme devours plastic trash in days https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/05/ai-designed-enzyme-devours-plastic-waste-in-hours/ 6 comments environment
- This battery could freeze solar and wind energy for months https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/04/this-battery-could-freeze-wind-and-solar-energy-for-months/ 24 comments technology
- How the graying of society threatens climate action https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/03/how-the-graying-of-society-threatens-climate-action/?amp%3Butm_campaign=how-the-graying-of-society-threatens-climate-action&%3Butm_medium=rss 6 comments climate
- Ammonia-secreting bacteria bring us closer to a world free of industrial fertilizers - Scientists have engineered bacteria that release ammonia, in quantities high enough to feed rice plants https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/02/ammonia-secreting-bacteria-bring-us-closer-to-a-world-free-of-industrial-fertilizers%EF%BF%BC 50 comments science
- In a comparison of life-cycle emissions, EVs crushed combustion cars https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/01/evs-crush-combustion-cars-even-when-weighing-emissions-from-battery-and-electricity-production/ 233 comments futurology
- Scientists solve two problems at once—turning methane pollution into sustainable fishmeal https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/11/scientists-solve-two-problems-at-once-turning-methane-pollution-into-sustainable-fishmeal/?amp%3Butm_campaign=scientists-solve-two-problems-at-once-turning-methane-pollution-into-sustainable-fishmeal&%3Butm_medium=rss 16 comments climate
- How about powering ocean cleanup ships with the plastic they collect https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/11/how-about-powering-ocean-cleanup-ships-with-the-plastic-they-collect/?amp%3Butm_campaign=how-about-powering-ocean-cleanup-ships-with-the-plastic-they-collect&%3Butm_medium=rss 3 comments climate
- A fundamentally new way to freeze foods, based on a strategy for transporting organs for transplant patients, could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars. https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/09/new-freezing-strategy-could-cut-the-energy-use-of-food-industry/ 16 comments science
- A fundamentally new way to freeze foods could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/09/new-freezing-strategy-could-cut-the-energy-use-of-food-industry/ 5 comments environment
- A fundamentally new way to freeze foods could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/09/new-freezing-strategy-could-cut-the-energy-use-of-food-industry/ 6 comments futurology
- A fundamentally new way to freeze foods could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/09/new-freezing-strategy-could-cut-the-energy-use-of-food-industry/ 79 comments upliftingnews
- A fundamentally new way to freeze foods could cut carbon emissions equal to 1 million cars https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/09/new-freezing-strategy-could-cut-the-energy-use-of-food-industry/ 530 comments science
- We can’t depend on extreme weather to increase support for climate action https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/08/we-cant-depend-on-extreme-local-weather-to-increase-support-for-climate-action/ 22 comments politics
- Cement battery could turn buildings and bridges into gigantic energy-storage devices https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/05/74784/ 21 comments technology
- New, inexpensive device turns wasted heat into electricity https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2020/09/device-turns-waste-heat-into-electricity/ 5 comments science
- Europe could use solar panels to shade crops that do not like direct light. http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2018/09/the-resurgence-of-solar-agriculture/ 5 comments europe
- Climate change will bring us less nutritious crops–and rising global protein deficiency http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2017/08/climate-change-will-bring-us-less-nutritious-crops-and-rising-global-protein-deficiency/ 25 comments science
- When Backyard Wind Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels | four of the suburban sites could be economically viable for a small vertical axis turbine. At one site, the optimal turbine produced electricity at a cost 10 percent lower than the average national electricity unit price http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2017/08/small-urbansuburban-vertical-axis-wind-turbines-could-compete-with-fossil-fuels/ 7 comments science
- People have thrown away 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic since 1950 http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2017/07/people-have-thrown-away-6-3-billion-metric-tons-of-plastic-since-1950/ 110 comments science
- Low-carbon energy boosts human and ecological health | Overall, large-scale adoption of low-carbon energy technologies could cut the human health and ecosystem impacts of power generation in half by 2050. http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2017/03/low-carbon-energy-boosts-human-and-ecological-health/ 8 comments science
- Compact, efficient system stores solar energy in liquids | By combining chemical energy storage with water heating, the system utilizes over 80 percent of incoming sunlight. http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2017/03/compact-efficient-system-stores-solar-energy-in-liquids/ 8 comments science