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The Rise of the Carbon Farmer
Patrick Holden strolls across the field, pausing from time to time to bend and point out a bumblebee,…
Illegal Trawlers Are No Match for Undersea Sculptures
As a carbon sink, seagrass has other advantages too. It’s unlikely to catch fire and release large quantities…
Flooding Wetlands Could Be the Next Big Carbon Capture Hack
Powered by solar energy, these bores have had just as much effect as the original breaching of the…
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One
London had a problem. In 2016, more than 2 million of the city’s residents—roughly a quarter of its…
The Future of EV Charging is Bidirectional, If You Can Afford It
In 2020, EVTEC installed five charging stations outside Islington Town Hall in London, and the company will launch…
Brace Yourself For the Comeback of Citizen Scientists
Richard Battarbee spent his entire life studying freshwater ecology as an academic at University College London—but it was…
A Crypto Company Thinks It Can Help Fight Climate Change
It started at a hackathon a few years ago near Trafalgar Square, in London. Raphaël Haupt and James…
Scientists Are Tinkering With Clouds to Save the Great Barrier Reef
It’s a sweltering summer in Australia, and the corals on the Great Barrier Reef are showing early signs…
How to Stay Cool Without Warming the Planet
There is an insidious irony to climate change: as it gets hotter, more and more people are cranking…
Citizen Zoo Is Rewilding the UK, One Grasshopper at a Time
The large marsh grasshopper was once ever-present across Eastern England’s wetlands. But after decades of habitat destruction, these…