Researchers at Kyushu University have published a comprehensive analysis on the carbon footprint of constructing a wooden house in Japan.
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Wind Farms can Offset Their Emissions Within Two Years, New Study Shows
After spinning for under two years, a wind farm can offset the carbon emissions generated across its entire 30-year lifespan, when compared to thermal power plants.
Carbon-Capture Batteries Developed to Store Renewable Energy, Help Climate
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing battery technologies to fight climate change in two ways, by expanding the use of renewable energy and capturing airborne carbon dioxide.
From Roots to Resilience: Investigating the Vital Role of Microbes in Coastal Plant Health
Georgia’s saltwater marshes — living where the land meets the ocean — stretch along the state’s entire 100-mile coastline.
How a Small Herd of Romanian Bison Is Locking Away Thousands of Tons of Carbon
Gone from Romania for 200 years, European bison were reintroduced to the Țarcu Mountains, at the southern end of the Carpathian range, in 2014.
Scientists Unlock Key to Breeding ‘Carbon Gobbling’ Plants With a Major Appetite
The discovery of how a critical enzyme “hidden in nature’s blueprint” works by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Newcastle (UoN) could help engineer climate resilient crops capable of sucking far more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a much more efficient way.