sustainability

Environmental discussions often frame humanity in binary terms: either as steward of the Earth or as its principal ecological parasite. Contemporary evidence gives substantial force to the second description. Human expansion has reshaped mammalian diversity, converted habitats, degraded soils, altered climate, and accelerated extinction. This paper therefore begins by granting the strongest versi…

A September 2023 look at climate quitting, why younger workers favored greener employers, and what the trend meant for recruitment.

NGOs support earthquake victims in Indonesia and Colombia, innovations help women fishers cut post-harvest losses, California phases out a toxic weedkiller. The post Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Earthquake Recovery, Cutting Food Loss, Phasing Out Paraquat appeared first on Food Tank .

In one of the world's hottest cities, Singapore's decades-long tree-planting obsession is paying measurable dividends: cooler streets and lower electricity bills.

In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, policy makers, scientists and global negotiators are gathering to convey an urgent message: The world’s rangelands, which make up about half of Earth’s land surface, are in trouble. But these same lands offer an opportunity. If, collectively, farmers and land users restore rangelands and soils, they can combat drought and preserve a […]

A Nature Ecology and Evolution study maps costs and benefits of natural forest regeneration across 7.49 million square kilometres of the tropics, plus a free map. <p>The post Tropical study maps 7.49 million square kilometres where natural forest regeneration pays off first appeared on Winssolutions .</p>

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To bypass fossil fuel and BEV limits, this research offers an Mg/Si metal-water and biogenic gas hybrid engine blueprint. Precise chemical feeding and internal air intakes reduce drag while enabling full solid waste recovery.

Illegal bomb fishing is causing extensive damage to some of the world’s most biodiverse coral reefs, according to

Bad housing, high crime and poor schools are more important than transportation or income when it comes to accessing healthy food in neighborhoods historically subjected to "redlining" - the now-illegal practice once used to refuse loans, insurance or mortgages to people in certain neighborhoods that were disproportionately inhabited by racial and ethnicity minorities.

As AI develops rapidly, data centers are driving equally rapid growth in electricity demand. The stability of future energy supplies will directly determine whether AI computing capacity can continue to expand.

Blistering summer heat. Data center power demand that is potentially set to double from 2025 to 2027. An uptick in wildfires. The U.S. power grid is at an inflection point, but there is also a significant effort to reshape the grid. “In this era we’re in now, we’re seeing more investment in the grid than… The post Inside S&C Electric’s and Argonne National Lab’s CRADA partnership appeared first o…

China spent decades planting a green wall around one of Earth’s harshest deserts. Scientists say it’s now doing something few expected.