Heat-driven elastocaloric cooling with shape memory films
Device fabrication Detailed architecture designs of the prototype are provided in Supplementary Fig. 1. The heat sink in…
Support for climate and biodiversity policies differs across cultural worldviews in Japan
Hoegh-Guldberg, O. et al. The human imperative of stabilizing global climate change at 1.5 C. Science 365, eaaw6974…
Environmental damages of the top ten percent consumers exceed global climate and biodiversity funding gaps
We find that the total environmental damage costs per person in the top 10% consumers worldwide is $2.3k-$7.5k…
Biochar co-benefits are valued in the voluntary carbon market
We used hedonic pricing to identify the value of SDGs in biochar carbon credit price, alongside other non-carbon…
Improving the stability of monolithic perovskite/silicon tandems against reverse-bias stress using graded dielectric layers
Liu, J. et al. Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with bilayer interface passivation. Nature 635, 596–603 (2024). Article Google…
Strengthening service and knowledge systems as pathways for addressing barriers to scaling agroecology
Political narratives undermine agroecology Our paradigm mapping identified political framing as a foundational barrier to AE scaling. Analysis…
Fusion power unlikely to become competitive
Governments are committing substantial public funding to nuclear fusion power as a potential source of safe, dispatchable low-carbon…
Contact-triggered molecular interactions enable structural refinement of perovskite layers in solar cells
Materials Urea, potassium chloride (KCl, 99.999%), thioglycolic acid, hydrochloric acid (HCl, 37%), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF, 99.8%), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO,…
Addressing context-specific energy modelling risks and dynamics in low- and middle-income countries
Fuso Nerini, F. et al. Mapping synergies and trade-offs between energy and the Sustainable Development Goals. Nat. Energy…
Comparing corporate sustainability programmes, social entrepreneurship, and cooperatives in shaping farmers’ well-being
Grabs, J. et al. The role of midstream actors in advancing the sustainability of agri-food supply chains. Nat.…
The role of biodegradable plastics in the global plastic future
Ali, S. S. et al. Degradation of conventional plastic wastes in the environment: a review on current status…
Human contributions to evapotranspiration mitigate swings in dry-to-wet year transitions
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. California’s Working Landscape https://www.ucop.edu/innovation-transfer-operations/_files/Econ%20Impact%20Rpts/anr-ca-working-landscape-2019.pdf (2019). Peterson, C., Pittelkow, C. & Lundy,…