Coupling power and hydrogen sector pathways to benefit decarbonization

MIT-led team finds holistic optimization of electric power and hydrogen supply chain infrastructure is favorable for emission reductions and decreased infrastructure costs.

Kelley Travers | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Oct. 21, 2021 ~9 min

A global carbon removal industry is coming – experts explain the problems it must overcome

Removing carbon from the atmosphere is as much a social problem as a technical one.

Naomi Vaughan, Senior Lecturer in Climate Change, University of East Anglia • conversation
Oct. 13, 2021 ~6 min


Reducing emissions by decarbonizing industry

A new study describes why, in the sector where emissions are hardest to cut, carbon capture could be the sharpest knife.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
July 21, 2021 ~5 min

To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules

Policymakers want to pay farmers for storing carbon in soil, but there are no uniform rules yet for measuring, reporting or verifying the results. Four scholars offer some ground rules.

Megan Machmuller, Research Scientist, Colorado State University • conversation
June 30, 2021 ~11 min

Climate change: six priorities for pulling carbon out of the air

New UK-wide trials aim to discover the best ways to suck carbon from the air.

Steve Smith, Executive Director, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford • conversation
May 28, 2021 ~8 min

UK land now stores 7% more carbon than 300 years ago – what that means for the environment

Scientists need to know how much we can rely on the land to offset our emissions.

Jess Davies, Chair Professor in Sustainability, Lancaster University • conversation
April 16, 2021 ~6 min

Negative emissions, positive economy

How bioenergy with carbon capture and storage could help stabilize the climate without breaking the bank.

Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
April 13, 2021 ~5 min

The secret life of fungi: how they use ingenious strategies to forage underground

Using tiny 'soil chips', researchers have observed the forgaging strategies of fungi for the first time.

Kristin Aleklett, Postdoctoral research fellow, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences • conversation
March 10, 2021 ~7 min


Peatlands keep a lot of carbon out of Earth's atmosphere, but that could end with warming and development

Peat beds around the world hold huge quantities of carbon and keep it from warming the planet. But rising temperatures and over-use could turn them from a brake on climate change into an accelerant.

Julie Loisel, Assistant Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University • conversation
Dec. 7, 2020 ~9 min

Wind farms built on carbon-rich peat bogs lose their ability to fight climate change

We discovered wind farms in Spain that had carved up peat bogs, causing them to release carbon to the atmosphere.

Nicholas Midgley, Lecturer in Physical Geography, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Aug. 5, 2020 ~7 min

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