Particulate air pollution undermines plant water-use efficiency by inhibiting photosynthesis
Keenan, T. F. et al. Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise. Nature 499,…
How to Prevent Biofuels from Causing Deforestation – Energy Institute Blog
A tax on food uses of vegetable oils could insulate global vegetable-oil prices from U.S. biofuel policy, thereby…
The End of the European Summer
Although climate scientists warned in the nineteen-eighties that extreme heat posed a growing danger, policymakers in Europe didn’t…
World-first wooden turbine blade plant aims to tackle fiberglass waste
A German startup is moving forward with plans to build the world’s first large-scale factory for wooden wind…
China’s Renewables Boom Faces Record Clean Power Curtailments
Grid constraints and rising coal-fired power generation in China led to soaring curtailment rates of solar and wind…
Animals have been eating nature’s original bioplastic for millions of years
Microorganisms developed biodegradable plastics long before humans began making them. Many bacteria and archaea naturally produce compounds known…
Rhossi, a rare sea turtle, recovers after 5,000-mile trek from Wales to Texas | Texas
A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle native to the Gulf of Mexico is largely thriving after he was found…
Tropical Storm Lala is lashing Hawaii high winds, heavy rain
Hurricane Lala slammed Hawaii with bands of heavy rain, high winds and pounding waves, becoming one of the…
Climate change is undermining coral reef restoration. Could picnic coolers help?
PALAU, Micronesia — The ride out to sea was, in a word, unpleasant. The coastal waters of Palau,…
UK government ‘irresponsible’ for not publishing emergency drought plans | Drought
The UK government has been accused of a lack of transparency and of acting irresponsibly for refusing to…
Oil Majors Reap $93 Billion Windfall From the Iran War
Oil prices have soared in recent months as a result of the almost complete closure of the Strait…
New York’s largest landfill sent 65 million gallons of waste into drinking water sources, report says
A New York landfill produces more than 65 million gallons of leachate a year, and that waste travels…