As Millions of Solar Panels Age Out, Recyclers Hope to Cash In
For now, though, solar recyclers face significant economic, technological, and regulatory challenges. Part of the problem, says NREL’s Curtis, is a lack of…
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Climate Change Is Making Alaska’s Legendary Iditarod Harder to Run
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Mike Williams Jr. doesn’t remember when he started mushing,…
The Disruptors Who Want to Make Death Greener
In the years since, at least three companies have sprung up in Washington alone, some of which have secured millions in funding from venture capital firms.…
The Floods, the Farms, and the River That Roared Back
Those words aptly describe the scene I encountered in January, some 70 years after the novel’s publication. Drought seemed a distant memory; the green…
Wanted: Dead Birds and Bats, Felled by Renewables
“Every time we get an animal carcass, it has value to research,” said Katzner. “If I think about it from a scientific perspective, if you leave that carcass…
The Climate Crisis Is Threatening Spain’s Saffron Crop
While that small-scale, low-tech approach may have kept saffron production going over the past few decades, it has also left it on the edge of…
The American West’s Salt Lakes Are Turning to Dust
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Last summer, scientists at the National Oceanic and…
The Mesopotamian Marshes Are Disappearing, Again
From the start of last summer until late October, more than 2,000 families were forced to abandon their homes due to the retreating marshlands, according to…
When Did the Anthropocene Actually Begin?
Invasive species introduced by humans to new regions can also be markers, the scientists said. The inadvertent import of alien species in the ballast water…
US Cities Are Falling Out of Love With the Parking Lot
This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.They are gray and rectangular, and if you laid all 2 billion of…