Carbon Reduction

Green Impact Scientists engineer bacteria to replace fossil-fuel-based plastics

Scientists are engineering bacteria to produce biodegradable plastics, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and tackling plastic waste.

Discoveries New glass cuts carbon by 50% and is 10x more damage resistant

Discoveries Major discovery cuts the carbon footprint of AI training by up to 75%

Discoveries New AI-powered app could boost smartphone batteries by 30 per cent

Good News Why aren’t we going full steam with carbon capture?

Discoveries Shifting conferences online cuts carbon footprint 94%

Green Impact ‘Super trees’ may help save Houston … and beyond

Innovations Want to limit carbon and curb wildfire? Create a market for small trees

Green Impact Scientists use sunlight and modified sawdust to reversibly capture carbon dioxide

Green Impact Three ways to reduce the carbon footprint of food purchased by US households

Green Impact Auto sector shifts gear towards recycling parts and batteries

Green Impact Can we just bury our carbon dioxide problem under the sea?

Global Good How Carbon Pricing can save America’s forests from Global Warming

Green Impact Here’s a 10-step plan to save our oceans by 2050

Global Good Bacteria may be the low cost, environmentally friendly energy storage system of the future

Innovations New innovation eliminates plastic waste as the asphalt hits the road

Green Impact Tiny ‘nanojars’ capture dissolved carbon dioxide, toxic ions from oceans and lakes