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A 100-year-old freezer rule has a hidden climate cost

Frozen food worldwide is still kept at −18°C (0°F). Raising that by just three degrees could avoid 17 million tons of emissions a year, and an 18-month study found most foods stay safe and tasty.

Douglas FoxSep 25, 2026

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Engineers just mapped a narrow path to greener flying

Flying behind commercial jets, a team pinpointed the exact combination of fuel and engine technology that cuts both soot and the contrails warming the planet.

Anthropocene TeamSep 24, 2026

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What’s the better bargain, protecting a rainforest or regrowing it?

A new study finds that stopping logging and wildfires could do more for rainforest wildlife than halting deforestation—and it costs far less than restoration.

Warren CornwallSep 23, 2026

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Researchers had a hunch about how to solve the climate problem caused by wastewater treatment

Scientists expected their artificial floating wetland to help only after cleaning the water. Instead, greenhouse gas emissions dropped months earlier, and nobody is sure exactly why.

Sarah DeWeerdtSep 22, 2026

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What happens to the world’s farms if everyone eats less meat?

Researchers ran the numbers on a worldwide sustainable-diet transition—and found a food system that looks nothing like today’s.

Douglas FoxSep 18, 2026

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Scientists made an ultra-black wool. And it turns saltwater into drinking water

The natural biodegradable material, which costs less than $1 for a piece the size of a sheet of paper, could provide an purification for vulnerable communities.

Anthropocene TeamSep 17, 2026

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The humble tree hole turn out to be a remarkable climate refuge

A new analysis shows that cavities inside trees can run several degrees cooler than the surrounding air during heatwaves—a finding that reframes the role of forests in a warming world.

Warren CornwallSep 16, 2026

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Why less steel and concrete isn’t the same as more sustainable

A provocative new study argues that a building's real environmental cost is measured by how well it survives disaster, not by how little it weighs.

Sarah DeWeerdtSep 15, 2026

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Building codes are holding back low-carbon concrete. A new study shows why.

Building standards treat all concrete the same, hindering the use of greener concrete, but climate conditions play a much bigger role in determining a structure’s durability

Anthropocene TeamSep 10, 2026

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Scientists develop a plastic that can be turned into fertilizer

Researchers say a modified plant-derived polymer offers a possible alternative to conventional plastics—one designed to end its life as crop fertilizer, not landfill waste.

Douglas FoxSep 11, 2026

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In a first, probiotics helped real coral survive a real heatwave

Past studies of coral probiotics stayed in the lab. This one tested them on wild coral in the Red Sea during an actual marine heatwave—and the microbes held up.

Warren CornwallSep 9, 2026

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The fix for EV battery waste isn’t recycling. It’s geography.

Retired EV batteries and clean-energy demand are on opposite sides of China. Reuniting them could be one of decarbonisation's cheapest wins.

Sarah DeWeerdtSep 8, 2026

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Intensive farming may yield a bumper crop of drug-resistant pathogens

Researchers find that changing the use of tilling, fertilizers, and chemicals could reshape the microbiomes of farm soils—reducing the emergence of drug-resistant pathogens.

Douglas FoxSep 4, 2026

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Mushroom leather may finally be ready for mass production

Plastic-free, ethical leather alternatives that perform like the real thing are hard to make. Researchers may have cracked the code to produce such materials on large scale.

Anthropocene TeamSep 3, 2026

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Politicians vastly overestimate opposition to climate action

A new study of British MPs finds a persistent gap between what lawmakers believe the public thinks about climate policy and what polls actually show. The misperception may be holding climate legislation back.

Sarah DeWeerdtSep 1, 2026

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Even the sound equivalent of a library can detract from the health benefits of listening to nature.

In a new study, people who listened to audio recordings of birds singing report getting less benefit when paired with even quiet traffic sounds.

Warren CornwallSep 2, 2026

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To fight wildfires and climate change, scientists say: Don’t burn debris, bury it.

A new study finds that burying logging debris, instead of burning it, could store far more carbon and generate billions in revenue for forest-thinning projects.

Warren CornwallAug 26, 2026

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The circular chemistry that could make cement carbon-negative

By closing the loop on the same reaction that makes cement, researchers say plants could capture more CO2 than they release.

Anthropocene TeamAug 27, 2026

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To sort or not to sort your recyclables—which is the better climate bet?

Europe bet on sorting discipline, America bet on convenience, and the climate math is still being settled.

James GainesAug 27, 2026

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Solar panels could cool down farms—and farmworkers

A new model of agrivoltaic farms shows shading crops with solar panels doesn't just protect tomatoes from a warming climate. It makes outdoor labor safer, too.

Emma BryceAug 28, 2026

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Urban heat’s overlooked fix: Greening the land upwind of cities

A study published in Nature Cities suggests that forests placed strategically outside urban cores can lower temperatures across much of a city.

Sarah DeWeerdtAug 25, 2026

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Recycling food waste has a huge climate upside and a surprising downside.

A study of American composting and biogas schemes finds a climate win is shadowed by a microplastics problem. The clue is what food is wrapped in.

Emma BryceAug 21, 2026

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Trashed solar panels will be a treasure worth up to $1 trillion

A huge new study charted 1,708 recycling scenarios across 32 regions and found a way to turn a looming waste crisis into a circular-economy windfall.

Anthropocene TeamAug 20, 2026

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Ancient buffalo DNA lays out a roadmap to rehabilitating healthy herds

Genetic analysis of bison dating back 20,000 years shows how the 19th-century slaughter reshaped the species—and how today's herds could recover.

Warren CornwallAug 19, 2026

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The cognitive bias behind bad climate math

A new study finds two persistent mental shortcuts—not ignorance—are why people keep overrating recycling and underrating flying less.

Sarah DeWeerdtAug 18, 2026

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Scientists make a seaweed coating that beats the fridge for cutting food waste

Canadian researchers found a cheaper, lower-carbon way to keep strawberries fresh, cutting into a $58 billion waste problem.

Emma BryceAug 14, 2026

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Scientists found the sweet spot for dumping iron into the ocean

A new model shows fertilizing the Southern Ocean instead of the equator could pull carbon from the air without wrecking the food chain.

Anthropocene TeamAug 13, 2026

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When should you scrap your gasoline car? The answer is almost certainly now.

Researchers calculated the carbon footprint of vehicle trade-ins across a wide variety of scenarios, and EVs emerged as the clear winner

Sarah DeWeerdtAug 11, 2026

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As the world warms, butterflies are relocating at an astonishing scale

A sweeping new study of 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries found many tropical species are expanding their ranges, while temperate ones are contracting—with climate change a major driver.

Warren CornwallAug 12, 2026

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Researchers recycle rice husks into a wonder material that removes toxic dyes from water

A biochar filter made from discarded husks hints at a broader shift: treating agricultural byproducts not as garbage, but as raw material for environmental repair.

Anthropocene TeamAug 10, 2026