Clean-burning synthetic fuels made from renewable ethers could replace carbon-based fuels and contribute to a cyclic carbon economy.
Nitrous oxide – Not a laughing matter
Nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, is often forgotten when considering major greenhouse gases.
Direct air capture trains
What if the energy released when freight trains slow or stop could be applied to carbon capture technology?
Waste not want not with sustainable fertilizer
A new approach to the synthesis of sustainable ammonia and urea uses food waste and brown water as feedstocks.
Pioneers in Science: Milutin Milanković
The grandfather of climate science, Milanković’s theory of a complex feedback loop–driven climate would come to define the field.
Earth Day 2021: How technology is helping to fight the climate crisis
Seven emerging technologies that could help to mitigate the most devastating effects of climate change.
Oxygen biosignature alone does not indicate life on other planets
Oxygen is a promising exoplanet biosignature, but several scenarios exist in which a lifeless, rocky planet could evolve to have non-biological oxygen in its atmosphere.
Green-sky science aims to bring us closer to net-zero aviation
The race is on to scale down the cost of sustainable aviation fuel production technologies and scale up production capacity.
Addressing ozone-depleting nitrous oxide pollution with metal complexes
Synthesis of a rare metal complex of nitrous oxide opens new vistas for the degradation of a potent greenhouse gas.
Seeking life on Mars: What you need to know about the Perseverance mission
The Perseverance rover will explore the Martian Jezero Crater and collect the first rock samples from the Red Planet.