Coral Reef Conservation…with Bubbles?
Australia’s most recognized landmark, the Great Barrier Reef, is in danger of being wiped out by coastal human development, which continues to pollute the ocean with carbon dioxide emissions. Coral reefs...
Carbon Capture and Storage
Can we bury global warming?* Combating climate change is perhaps the biggest environmental challenge of our generation - a looming existential threat to global society as we know it. Dramatic changes in...
From Seawater to Nuclear Power
Extracting Uranium With the signing of the Paris Agreement in April 2016, world leaders have begun to tackle climate change by pledging to invest in alternative energy sources, with the United States alone...
Beyond Ethanol
New Bioenergy Crops for Biofuels “Using ethanol increases global warming emissions over the use of straight gasoline,” journalist Ed Wallace wrote in 2009 in an article for Bloomberg Businessweek....
Mimicking the Quantum Side of Photosynthesis
If you were given a nickel for every time the solar industry promised a technology that would finally make solar power universal and cheap, then you would have, well, universal and cheap solar power by now....
The Dark Side of Keeping Clean
We’re committed to using refillable water bottles. We carefully place paper and cardboard into recycling bins. Yet every day, when we routinely wash our faces and brush our teeth, are we mindlessly polluting...
‘Braking’ into a Greener Subway Future
There are certain things you get used to if you have to ride the subway every single day. People diving at closing doors to avoid waiting two minutes for the next train, mysterious sticky patches on the floor,...
Keeping Common Species Common
They attack the planet on all fronts: on land, in the sea, and in the air, non-native species are crowding out native populations and disrupting ecosystems all over the world. In most instances, the...
Dieselgate 2015
Everything You Need to Know about the Volkswagen Emissions Scandal On Friday, September 18th, the Environmental Protection Agency made a surprising announcement – Volkswagen’s “clean diesel” cars...