Los Angeles wants to use the Hoover Dam as a giant battery. The hurdles could be more historical than technical
Anthony F. Arrigo, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Los Angeles is looking into whether it should…
Many native animals and birds thrive in burned forests, research shows
Derek E. Lee, Pennsylvania State University Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is blaming this summer’s large-scale…
Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world
David R. Montgomery, University of Washington One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is…
Bio-based plastics can reduce waste, but only if we invest in both making and getting rid of them
Danny Ducat, Michigan State University With news that companies like Starbucks, Hyatt and Marriott have…
Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research Once again, the summer of 2018 in the…
Apartments rarely come with access to charging stations. But electric vehicles need them
Lucas Davis, University of California, Berkeley Americans have now purchased more than 800,000 electric vehicles,…
Spiraling wildfire fighting costs are largely beyond the Forest Service’s control
Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon Just six months after the devastating Thomas Fire – the…
Ozone pollution in US national parks is nearly the same as in large cities
David Keiser, Iowa State University; Gabriel E. Lade, Iowa State University, and Ivan Rudik, Cornell…
The global impact of air conditioning: big and getting bigger
Lucas Davis, University of California, Berkeley With a heat wave pushing the heat index well…
How ride-hailing could improve public transportation instead of undercutting it
Daniel Sperling, University of California, Davis; Austin Brown, University of California, Davis, and Mollie D’Agostino,…
Why California’s new rooftop mandate isn’t good enough for some solar power enthusiasts
Garth Heutel, Georgia State University More California rooftops will soon sport solar panels, partly due…
Market forces are driving a clean energy revolution in the US
Bill Ritter, Jr., Colorado State University Transforming U.S. energy systems away from coal and toward…
Many Republican mayors are advancing climate-friendly policies without saying so
Nicolas Gunkel, Boston University Leadership in addressing climate change in the United States has shifted…
As more solar and wind come onto the grid, prices go down but new questions come up
Joachim Seel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Andrew Mills, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Ryan Wiser,…
Are public objections to wind farms overblown?
Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware; Ben Hoen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Joseph Rand, Lawrence…
We calculated how much money trees save for your city
Theodore Endreny, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Megacities are…
Climate change could alter ocean food chains, leading to far fewer fish in the sea
Jefferson Keith Moore, University of California, Irvine Climate change is rapidly warming the Earth and…
FDR’s forest army: How the New Deal helped seed the modern environmental movement 85 years ago
Benjamin Alexander, City University of New York Eighty-five years ago, on April 5, 1933, President…
Why EPA’s U-turn on auto efficiency rules gives China the upper hand
Greg Dotson, University of Oregon The Trump administration is poised to ease pollution and efficiency…
How energy storage is starting to rewire the electricity industry
Eric Hittinger, Rochester Institute of Technology and Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology The market…
Does cloud seeding work?
Jeffrey French, University of Wyoming and Sarah Tessendorf, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Water is a…
Does energy storage make the electric grid cleaner?
Naga Srujana Goteti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Eric Hittinger, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Eric…
U.S. Mayors Move Forward on Climate
Katherine Levine Einstein, Boston University; David Glick, Boston University, and Maxwell Palmer, Boston University Despite…
Climate science – is there evidence of publication bias?
Johan Hollander, Lund University It is rare to encounter a scientific fact that stirs widespread…