By analyzing thousands of photographs of a forest canopy less than 40 miles outside London, researchers were able to estimate carbon uptake over a two-year period based on the leaves’ hues.
Categories: Environment, Science, Technology, The New York Times
Less than a week before Christmas, you can still find gifts that are both enjoyable and on the greener side.
Categories: Environment, Lifestyle, The New York Times
A new study suggests that the coral trade for aquariums is shifting toward farming rather than harvesting, which might help preserve some coral species.
Categories: Environment, Science, The New York Times
Increasingly, residents of urban and suburban areas are having firsthand experience with coyotes in their own yards, parks and neighborhoods.
Categories: Environment, Science, The New York Times
The rapid adoption of a single weed-killer for the vast majority of crops harvested in the United States has given rise to superweeds and greater pesticide use, a new study suggests. And while crops engineered to manufacture an insect-killing toxin have reduced the use of pesticides in those fields, the emergence of newly resistant insects now threatens to reverse that trend.
Categories: Science, The New York Times
An earlier generation had the Summer of Love. In 2012, the warm months turned into the season of the electric car for Californians with a passion for plug-ins.
Categories: Mobility & Transport, The New York Times
Arun Majumdar, founding director of ARPA-E, reflects on his time in Washington, the future of energy innovation, his experience seeking bipartisan support from Congress and what he has coming up next.
Categories: Energy, Policy, The New York Times
Lately, the concept of putting a price on convenience has been adapted as a way to manage traffic congestion. In short, the H.O.V. lane is making way for the High Occupancy Toll lane.
Categories: Mobility & Transport, Policy, The New York Times
What can data do for your daily commute? A team of energy policy consultants and software developers met in San Francisco to brainstorm how data sets could be used to make the typical urban commute shorter and greener.
Categories: Mobility & Transport, Sustainable Cities, Technology, The New York Times
Josie Garthwaite