Fast Company While the “Living Breakwaters” can’t stop flooding, they will reduce daily erosion and damage from future storms. Construction is wrapping up on eight “Living Breakwaters” at the southernmost tip of New York City, off the coast of Staten Island, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. [Photo: Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo] Almost …
How Fracking Technology Could Drive a Clean-Energy Boom
By Paloma Beltran, Inside Climate News Next-generation geothermal energy means drilling deep—for heat instead of oil and gas. Steam rises from the Svartsengi geothermal power station on May 23 near Grindavik, Iceland. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images Earth’s crust holds an abundant supply of heat that can be turned into electricity …
Satellites are ushering in a new era of environmental accountability
By Miriam Kramer and Andrew Freedman, Axios Satellites gazing down at Earth from orbit are helping hold governments and corporations accountable for their environmental impacts. Why it matters: Environmental agreements are hard to enforce without independently verified data. But satellites — with advances in computing — can help monitor deforestation, illegal fishing, …
Aquaculture Uses Far More Wild-Caught Fish Than Originally Estimated, New Research Suggests
By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News Wild-caught fish help feed animals on fish farms, which could deplete ocean ecosystems, researchers say. Salmon are some of the most popular carnivorous fish on the market. Credit: GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images In 2022, fish farms produced an unprecedented 130.9 million tons of …
This awkward fish works harder than you
By Benji Jones, Vox Its day job helps prevent an iconic ocean ecosystem from collapsing. The ocean is full of strange creatures. The parrotfish is no exception. Its teeth are fused into a sharp beak, giving it a birdlike appearance. It’s hermaphroditic, changing sex partway through its life. And to …
This 3,375-Year-Old Log Could Be the Climate Change Solution We’ve Been Waiting For
By Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics Trees store carbon during their lives, but when they die, that carbon is released—but what if it wasn’t? Trees are natural ways for the planet to sequester carbon, but once trees die, they release that carbon back into the atmosphere—but that isn’t always the case. A new …
Industry Players Convene on Solutions for Decarbonizing Business Travel
Sustainable Brands This week at Climate Week NYC, several conversations centered around reducing the sustainability impacts of something affecting nearly every attendee: Business travel. First, IHG Hotels & Resorts and the GBTA Foundation — the charitable arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) — brought together some of travel’s biggest sustainability leaders to discuss the …
Your recycled pee may be better for crops than synthetic fertilizer
By Andrew Paul, Popular Science New research further supports the benefits of swapping out artificial additives for human urine. We know that the agricultural industry has a massive greenhouse gas problem. Now, more research suggests that there is a potentially easy method to cut it down. The promising solution? Simply swap out …
Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves, finds study
By Hayley Dunning, Phys.Org Comparison of krill pellet blue carbon with coastal vegetation blue carbon stores. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52135-6 Small marine crustaceans are as valuable as key coastal habitats for storing carbon and should be similarly protected, according to new research.The study shows that a single species, Antarctic krill, …
Cleanup Group Says It’s on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By Victor Tangermann, Futurism It claims it can get rid of the patch within just five years. Nonprofit environmental organization the Ocean Cleanup has announced that it’s on track to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034. If it can get the necessary funds, that is. In a press release, …