India's First Fully Solar Village Lights Up Lives

VOA Learning English • voa
Nov. 3, 2022 ~4 min

What long-term economic stagnation means for climate change

Decarbonisation is not impossible, but it will be difficult to achieve through capitalism.

Jack Copley, Assistant Professor in International Political Economy, Durham University • conversation
Oct. 28, 2022 ~7 min


Solar farms a 'blight on the landscape'? Research shows they can benefit wildlife

Nestled among farmland, solar farms can be a refuge for embattled wildlife.

Zoe Robinson, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures/Professor of Sustainability in Higher Education, Keele University • conversation
Oct. 13, 2022 ~7 min

Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?

A study of real-world disasters shows home solar and storage could keep the lights on and the air conditioner running during many outages, but not all.

Galen Barbose, Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • conversation
Sept. 28, 2022 ~9 min

Solar geoengineering might work, but local temperatures could keep rising for years

Injecting reflective particles into the atmosphere won’t immediately cool the entire planet. A new study shows how parts of the US, China and Europe might still see temperatures rising a decade later.

Noah Diffenbaugh, Professor of Earth System Science, Stanford University • conversation
Sept. 27, 2022 ~8 min

Solar cells on your roof can save a lot of water

Electricity-generating rooftop solar cells can save a significant amount of water. In some states, individual household water saving can reach up to 1,000%.

Karl Bates-Duke • futurity
Sept. 22, 2022 ~8 min

German Farmer Grows Fruit under Solar Power Equipment

VOA Learning English • voa
Sept. 10, 2022 ~4 min

Building something better: How community organizing helps people thrive in challenging times

Organizers across the US are finding innovative grassroots strategies for helping people thrive. Many of these ventures emphasize working together as part of communities and collective systems.

Meghan Elizabeth Kallman, Assistant Professor of International Development, UMass Boston • conversation
Sept. 8, 2022 ~10 min


A simple way to significantly increase lifetimes of fuel cells and other devices

MIT researchers find that changing the pH of a system solves a decades-old problem.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Aug. 31, 2022 ~8 min

A tale of two climate policies: India's UN commitments aim low, but its national policies are ambitious – here's why that matters

India’s international climate pledge could set the tone for other emerging economies for a decade.

Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Junior Fellow, Climate Lab, Tufts University • conversation
Aug. 23, 2022 ~10 min

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