Oct 16, 2024

Florida's Hurricane-Proof Town!

Florida has quite a history when it comes to hurricanes. From June 1st to November 30th, the Sunshine State deals with

Sep 27, 2024

Bacteria Help Extract Rare Earth Metals!

One of the keys to curbing climate change is switching to sustainable energy. That means more solar power, wind

Sep 12, 2024

Concrete Batteries In Your Future!

Can you imagine living in a world where cars are powered spontaneously as they speed past roads, and entire households

May 7, 2024

What To Do With Old Wind Turbine Blades?

You may know wind turbines to be an environmentally friendly way of farming energy—but what happens to the towering

Apr 19, 2024

What Is A Sand Battery?

Generally, when one pictures a battery, one imagines the lithium-ion battery in various high-tech forms. Yet in 2022,

Apr 2, 2024

Meaty Rice In Our Future?

Everyone is familiar with the colors of the foods they eat. You normally associate salads with green, apples with

Mar 11, 2024

Charge Your EV As You Drive!

We all know electric vehicles (EVs) have grown in popularity over the last decade. As of 2022, there were 26 million

Feb 21, 2024

What Is A Food Forest?

Imagine walking through a forest where every plant is edible. This is the concept of a food forest! Food forests are

Feb 20, 2024

Biocrusts Protect China's Great Wall!

Did you know that it took more than 2000 years to finish the construction of the Great Wall of China? The Wall,

Feb 13, 2024

Container Buildings: Are They Sustainable?

When you order something online, it is shipped across the ocean in vast 20 or 40-foot steel shipping containers before

Feb 11, 2024

Klamath River Runs Free!

The Klamath Dam at the Oregon-California border has played a pivotal role since 1918, providing power to more than 70,

Jan 26, 2024

Sponge Cities: What Are They?

The term sponge city might conjure up a creative image of a city made of sponges, but the actual definition of sponge

Jan 25, 2024

Culdesac: A Walkable City!

Arizona, aka the Copper State, is the only place in the world where the saguaro cactus grows. Recently, Arizona also

Dec 24, 2023

An Aviation Miracle: Green Flights!

Did you know that the average Boeing 747 uses approximately 1 gallon (4 liters) of fuel per second? A Boeing 747

Nov 13, 2023

Cultural Burning To Curb Wildfires

Every summer, wildfires make headlines. California in particular is hit hard, with more than 300 million acres

Nov 6, 2023

Should Satellite Companies Be Fined?

From the vast expanse of space, a new challenge has emerged: space junk! From rockets to satellites, the world is

Oct 26, 2023

The U.S Military Turns To Microgrids

Do you often wonder why your parents keep chiding you for forgetting to turn off the lights? Through electricity, AC,

Oct 23, 2023

Harvesting Water From Air

For most of us, access to drinking water is a privilege we often take for granted. We just need to open the

Oct 17, 2023

Cargo Ships Powered By Wind

Did you know that every year, the shipping industry transports 11 billion tons of cargo or 90% of the world's traded

Oct 5, 2023

How Is Singapore Cooling Itself?

It’s an ordinary day in your home. The temperature of your surroundings is just right, but as you go outside for some

Oct 5, 2023

Telecommuting: A Climate Solution?

Have you noticed how much the pandemic has altered our daily lives? More people are shopping, attending school,

Oct 2, 2023

A Ray Of Hope In Coral Restoration

Did you know that Florida is the only state in the United States with major coral reef formations near its coasts?

Sep 19, 2023

Rock Weathering: A Solution For Carbon Capture?

Did you know that spreading crushed volcanic rock on farms may help cool our planet?  We know that

Sep 11, 2023

California: Off-Oil And Offshore?

[This article is an opinion piece by a summer program writer who visited the community in Morro Bay and learned about