Can High-tech Methane Detectors Help the U.S. Reach Its Climate Goals?
A 'loose federation' of satellites and aircrafts are tracking down methane super emitters, which have historically gone undetected.
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What Are Aerosols and How Do They Impact Our Climate System?
Aerosols are a wide range of particles that affect precipitation and human health. Where do they come from, and what do we do about it?
Military Organizations Produce Significant Amounts of Unreported Greenhouse Gases
Governments are learning that their armed forces are responsible for up to 6 percent of global emissions—with no requirement to report it.
What Are Smart Grids, And How Can They Reach Their Full Potential?
When people flick a light switch, they expect the light to turn on. And supplying enough electricity to meet that expectation in a climate-friendly, cost-efficient way is a major challenge, which led to the invention of the smart grid—an electrical…
Climate Anxiety Is Real. Here’s How to Cope.
Turn off the noise but don’t check out.
What Are the Environmental and Economic Issues Facing Rubber Production?
Natural rubber is widely considered a more eco-friendly and better product than synthetic rubber, but it still presents some issues. Natural rubber contributes to deforestation, biodiversity loss, pollution, and more. But climate change and disease also threaten natural rubber. And…
Cattle at Hillsborough Farm Are Helping to Fight Climate Change
Cattle living at a Hillsborough farm are helping to fight climate change. Duke Farms is using them in a practice known as rotational grazing that helps remove carbon dioxide from the air, storing it in vegetation and the soil. The…
Guster, My Morning Jacket, Other Musicians Unite to Make Concert Tours More Sustainable
From gas-guzzling tour buses to concession stands loaded with single-use plastic water bottles, concert tours aren’t exactly easy on the environment. But now, a movement to make touring more climate-friendly is empowering musicians to not only talk about issues like…
Sharks Have Survived Four Mass Extinctions, But Now, They’re Endangered
They’re older than the dinosaurs, they’ve survived four mass extinctions, and yet today, in the wake of climate change, pollution, and commercial fishing, sharks are endangered. As an apex predator, this steep decline in sharks also has massive ramifications for…
Why Is Environmental Policy So Hard to Implement?
Why is it so difficult to achieve effective environmental policy in the United States? Is it just a lack of willpower, or is there a little more to it? On this episode of The Sweaty Penguin, we explore some of…
Tackling the Climate Crisis: Doerr Calls for “Speed & Scale”
John Doerr is a key figure in Silicon Valley’s Clean Tech movement, investing in startups at the forefront of this revolution.
How Climate Change and Air Pollution Could Worsen the Flu
Flu season is fast approaching, and with it comes a Sweaty Penguin episode revealing that temperature rise, air pollution, and wildfires can actually make the impacts of the flu worse. But how can that be? The flu is at its…