How plants could mine metals from the soil
Nickel may not grow on trees—but there’s a chance it could someday be mined using plants. Many plant species naturally
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Climate change and energy
A brief guide to the greenhouse gases driving climate change
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The UK is building an alarm system for climate tipping points
The UK’s new moonshot research agency just launched an £81 million ($106 million) program to develop early warning systems to
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The race to replace the powerful greenhouse gas that underpins the power grid
The power grid is underpinned by a single gas that is used to insulate a range of high-voltage equipment. The
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Canada’s 2023 wildfires produced more emissions than fossil fuels in most countries
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Andrew Ng’s new model lets you play around with solar geoengineering to see what would happen
AI pioneer Andrew Ng has released a simple online tool that allows anyone to tinker with the dials of a
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Want to understand the future of technology? Take a look at this one obscure metal.
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This rare earth metal shows us the future of our planet’s resources
Leaving aside meteorites that strike Earth’s surface and spacecraft that get flung out of its orbit, the quantity of materials
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Fighting for a future beyond the climate crisis
When it comes to climate breakdown and the extinction crisis, the question I get most often is: How can we
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