Over 150 fire scientists urge the US West: Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July

Every year, the number of wildfires caused by humans spikes on Independence Day. There are safer ways to celebrate amid the heat and drought.

Jennifer Balch, Associate Professor of Geography and Director, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
June 30, 2021 • ~6 min

Over 100 fire scientists urge the US West: Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July

Every year, the number of wildfires caused by humans spikes on Independence Day. There are safer ways to celebrate amid the heat and drought.

Jennifer Balch, Associate Professor of Geography and Director, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
June 30, 2021 • ~6 min

Over 100 fire scientists urge the US West: Skip the fireworks this record-dry Fourth of July

Every year, the number of wildfires caused by humans spikes on Independence Day. There are safer ways to celebrate amid the heat and drought.

Jennifer Balch, Associate Professor of Geography and Director, Earth Lab, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
June 30, 2021 • ~6 min

How to stay cool in a heat wave

It's been really hot in areas of the US lately. An expert offers tips keeping cool during a heat wave and explains why they're getting harder to handle.

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
June 24, 2021 • ~7 min

Gas boiler ban: how to make sure everyone can afford low-carbon heating

What if you could pay to heat your home the same way you pay to stream music? You can with heat-as-a-service.

Omid Omidvar, Lecturer in Strategic Management, Aston University • conversation
June 24, 2021 • ~7 min

Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right

Here’s how reflective pavement works and what cities need to think about.

Randolph E. Kirchain, Co-Director, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, Massachusetts Institute of Technology • conversation
June 18, 2021 • ~7 min

Electric heat pumps use much less energy than furnaces, and can cool houses too – here's how they work

Heat pumps are the technology of choice for heating and cooling buildings more efficiently and with fewer carbon emissions than furnaces and air conditioning. Here's how they work.

Robert Brecha, Professor of Sustainability, University of Dayton • conversation
June 14, 2021 • ~8 min

Cooling buildings by nearly 5ºC possible thanks to new whiter-than-white paint

New barium sulphate-based paint could help reduce effects of climate change.

Andrew Parnell, Research Fellow in Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield • conversation
June 7, 2021 • ~5 min

How to keep your house cool – cover it with new whiter-than-white paint, says research

New barium sulphate-based paint could keep buildings almost 5ºC cooler than outside.

Andrew Parnell, Research Fellow in Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield • conversation
June 7, 2021 • ~5 min

How sewage plants and data centres could help heat one in five UK homes

District heating can recycle waste heat and pump it where it's needed.

Ran Boydell, Visiting Lecturer in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University • conversation
June 4, 2021 • ~7 min

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