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    The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots

    Some species can absorb extreme amounts of nickel from soils. Such “phytomining” could help provide batteries...

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    Europe Is Struggling to Coexist With Wild Bears

    A fatal bear attack in Slovakia reignited accusations that conservationists are protecting the animals at the...

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    The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point

    A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and...

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    The Undersea Art Gallery That Ensnares Illegal Trawlers

    Trailing weighted nets across the seabed wrecks fish stocks and kills carbon-capturing seagrasses—but one fisherman’s sculpture...

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    Flooding Wetlands Could Be the Next Big Carbon Capture Hack

    The Nywaigi people in Australia have discovered a way to sequester carbon, boost coastal biodiversity, and...

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    A Crypto Company Thinks It Can Help Fight Climate Change

    Toucan is leveraging blockchain to reinvent the carbon credit market. But thorny questions abound.

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    Scientists Are Tinkering With Clouds to Save the Great Barrier Reef

    Super-reflective clouds could shelter coral from scorching sunlight. But environmentalists are concerned that such plans could...

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    How to Stay Cool Without Warming the Planet

    The race is on to create climate-friendly air-con technology.

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    Citizen Zoo Is Rewilding the UK, One Grasshopper at a Time

    The London-based social enterprise is turning regular people into at-home zookeepers.

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    The World Needs to Crack Battery Recycling, Fast

    The shift to electric vehicles is exciting, but it will leave us with thousands of tonnes...

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    Insurance Rates Are Soaring for US Homeowners in Climate Danger Zones

    Research shows the soaring costs hint at widespread, unpriced risk as the global climate warms, with...

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    The Global Danger of Boring Buildings

    Unloved buildings turn to ruin, leading to a deluge of construction waste worldwide. Designer Thomas Heatherwick...

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    The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge

    Kongjian Yu pioneered China’s “sponge city” concept—less concrete and more green spaces to exploit stormwater instead...

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    Climate Change Is Bad for Your Health, Wherever You Are

    Rising temperatures are a threat regardless of where you live on the planet—they’re just dangerous in...

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    Get Ready to Eat Pond Plants

    Meet the amazing azolla, a nutritious fern that grows like crazy, capturing carbon in the process....

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    Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest

    Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for...

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    The US Buried Nuclear Waste Abroad. Climate Change Could Unearth It

    A new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from US nuclear...

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    Good Climate Solutions Need Good Policy—and AI Can Help With That

    Climate Policy Radar's tools scan global environmental laws to see what works and what doesn't. What...

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    US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day

    With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking...

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    A Discarded Plan to Build Underwater Cities Will Give Coral Reefs New Life

    A 1970s plan to grow underwater limestone objects has been repurposed as a way of regenerating...

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    Frequent Heavy Rain Has Made California a Mudslide Hotspot

    Los Angeles saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off...

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    What Would Happen if Every American Got a Heat Pump

    Getting these climate superheroes into more US homes would massively cut emissions, and it would be...

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    Forget Carbon Offsets. The Planet Needs Carbon Removal Credits

    The carbon removal market is fast growing, with an array of different removal methods available to...

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    The Transport Companies Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind

    Hydrogen-powered planes, more fuel-efficient aircraft designs, and all-electric parcel delivery services are just some of the...