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How Lightly Grazed Lands Can Lock Away Huge Sums of Carbon

A new study finds that scaling back grazing on most pastureland worldwide would dramatically increase the amount of carbon stored in soils. By thinning grasses, cows, sheep, and other animals reduce competition for sunlight and nutrients. This spurs the growth of new grass, which conveys carbon from the air into the soil. But too much grazing can denude fields and […]

Warming Waters Bringing More Sharks to the Alabama Coast

Over the past two decades, the number of young bull sharks in Mobile Bay, Alabama has multiplied fivefold, a new study finds. Sharks thrive in warm, shallow coastal waters where prey abound. Globally, warming waters are driving sharks to new areas where they were previously scarce. Great white sharks, tiger sharks, and bull sharks have all edged northward. The new […]

For the sixth year running, US is the largest oil producer in the world

For the sixth year running, US is the largest oil producer in the world

energy By Anders Lorenzen Despite trying to position itself as one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to climate action and diversifying to clean energy, the US remains the world’s largest oil producer for the sixth year running. Analysis by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a US government body, found that crude oil production leads global […]

Besieged in Their Native California, Giant Sequoias Are Thriving in Britain

Worsening drought and wildfires in California are pushing giant sequoias, the biggest trees on Earth, into decline. But sequoias that have been planted in Britain are flourishing, new research finds. “The history of these trees in Britain is fascinating — initially as symbols of wealth and power, through to now being widely planted in parks and woodlands,” said Mat Disney, […]

Marine ‘biomimetics’ could be blue economy’s next big hit

Marine ‘biomimetics’ could be blue economy’s next big hit

The way the larvacean – which has no eyes, legs or arms – uses its tail could inform new vehicle propulsion systems. Photo credit; Alamy. By Emma Bryce Designing products that mimic nature’s forms, from whale flippers to sea worms, could contribute billions to the sustainable blue economy, say researchers. Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a strange, diaphanous balloon drifts […]

How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy

How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy

Last November, Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua and U.S. climate envoy John Kerry shook hands on a pledge to triple renewable energy globally by 2030. It was hailed as a welcome revival of climate cooperation between the world’s biggest and second-biggest emitters of greenhouse gases and offered hope that the two veteran climate negotiators had found a way through a […]

Indonesia Grossly Underestimating Methane Leaking from Coal Mines

Emissions of methane from Indonesian coal mines are eight times higher than official estimates would suggest, a new report finds. Indonesia is the world’s third-largest producer of coal, after India and China, and its mines are a fast-growing source of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas found in pockets alongside coal seams. But Indonesia has significantly underestimated the amount of methane […]

Solar Accounted for More Than Half of New Power Installed in U.S. Last Year

Solar accounted for most of the capacity the nation added to its electric grids last year. That feat marks the first time since World War II, when hydropower was booming, that a renewable power source has comprised more than half of the nation’s energy additions. “It’s really monumental,” said Shawn Rumery, senior director of research at the Solar Energy Industries […]

Opinion: Sofie’s World – 2024 International Women’s Day

Opinion: Sofie’s World – 2024 International Women’s Day

By Anders Lorenzen Our daughter Our isn’t even three yet, but she’s already demonstrably determined. Her walk has a certain decisiveness, and she exudes a clear sense of purpose when she sets her mind to something.  However, we needn’t look far back in history, nor is it entirely a relic of the past in many parts of the world, that girls […]