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Can insurance as we know it survive climate change?

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Published: December 29, 2024 00:12

Let’s hope so. Shrinking coverage and rising temperatures are a risky combination.

What’s a unit of nature? And can it be sold in a biodiversity credit market?

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Published: December 18, 2024 12:00

Scientists question whether these credits can deliver lasting conservation.

The climate impact of driving may depend less on what car you drive than how you drive it

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/12/the-climate-impact-of-driving-may-depend-less-on-what-car-you-drive-than-how-you-drive-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-environmental-impact-of-driving-may-depend-less-on-what-car-you-drive-than-how-you-drive-it

Published: December 17, 2024 13:00

A new assessment offers a fairer approach to sustainable mobility for people who can’t afford zero-emission vehicles: Old cars can still be environmentally friendly if driven in the right way.

The Food Fighters

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Published: December 16, 2024 18:05

With their inheritance as stake, two brothers pit ultramechanization against traditional farming practices. Now Mum must judge which does better for the family, the nation, and the climate.

No, the world isn’t producing less food

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Published: December 13, 2024 12:00

It’s a common misconception. But we actually now produce almost four times as much at a global level as we did 60 years ago.

Circuit boards made from leaves could green up electronics’ act

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Published: December 12, 2024 12:00

Millions of tons of hard-to-recycle electronic circuit boards are burned or end up in landfills—a replacement based on leaf skeletons could stem that waste.

Increasing ship traffic kills whales. Scientists now know where speed limits and stop signs can help.

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Published: December 11, 2024 12:00

The most dangerous areas cover less than 3% of the ocean, raising hopes that ship traffic regulations could save whales.

Researchers took the key weakness of renewable energy and made it a superpower

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Published: December 10, 2024 13:00

When they analyzed renewable energy supply and power demand at an ultra fine scale, the team discovered tremendous new opportunities for a low-cost, reliable green grid.

Should the polluter always pay?

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Published: December 8, 2024 20:11

The answer isn’t as obvious as you might think. It depends on whether your priority is climate justice or cutting carbon.

Scientists just took one step closer to a climate-friendly cow

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Published: December 6, 2024 12:00

Grazing cows are the most gaseous of all. In a first, researchers have shown that seaweed can reduce their methane emissions by more than a third.