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Speeding Build-Out of Green Energy Infrastructure Could Lessen Impacts of Related Emissions
The Hill
, Nov 21, 2022

Is the U.S. Better Prepared for a Nuclear Blast Now Than It Was 60 Years Ago?
The Guardian
, Oct 19, 2022

Power Outages Are on the Rise, Led by Texas, Michigan and California. Here's What to Blame.
CNN
, Sep 14, 2022

A Growing Drinking Water Crisis Threatens American Cities and Towns
Scientific American
, Sep 9, 2022

New Study Suggests Renewables Are Subject to ‘Energy Droughts’
Environment Journal
, Apr 17, 2022

In Pursuit of Data Immortality
Nature
, Apr 12, 2022

The Census Is Broken. Can AI Fix It?
Wired
, Apr 8, 2022

Good News: Rocks Crack Under Pressure From Mineral CO2 Storage
Eos
, Feb 11, 2022

Cutting Carbon Emissions Means Changes in Daily Lives by Embracing Technology
Washington Post Kids
, Nov 16, 2021

Solar Panels on Half the World's Roofs Could Supply 100% of Electricity Demand
The Conversation
, Oct 15, 2021

5 Alternative Energy Sources to Speed Our Transition Away From Fossil Fuels
CNN
, Oct 7, 2021

The World's Biggest Carbon Removal Plant Will Negate Just 3 Seconds of Yearly Human Emissions
Business Insider
, Sep 26, 2021

The Resilent Power of Microgrids, From Chicago's South Side to Patagonia
Renewable Energy
, Jul 21, 2021

The Electric Grid of the Future Requires Major Upgrades. We Must Start Today.
The Hill
, May 20, 2021

Cheap Sensors Provide Missing Air-Quality Data in African Cities
Eos
, May 11, 2021

Can Carbon Removal Bring Us to Net Zero?
Rolling Stone
, Apr 19, 2021

Without Planning, Climate Change Will Bring More Big Energy Blackouts
The Hill
, Feb 24, 2021

How to Create Jobs for Oil and Gas Workers
Yale Climate Connections
, Feb 22, 2021

Why America's Power Grids Will Keep Failing Us
Salon
, Feb 18, 2021

Can Carbon Capture Make Flying More Sustainable?
National Geographic
, Feb 7, 2021

How Biden Can Put the U.S. on a Path to Carbon-Free Electricity
Yale e360
, Dec 3, 2020

Looking Back Won't Tell Us Everything We Need to Know About Grid Vulnerability
The Hill
, Nov 4, 2020

A New Metric to Figure Out the Most Effective Ways to Cut Carbon
Bloomberg View
, Oct 19, 2020

Yes, We Can Get Rid of the World's Dirtiest Fuel
Foreign Policy
, Aug 27, 2020

In Puerto Rico, a Glimpse of the Future of Resilient Energy
The Hill
, May 10, 2020

The Scientific Paper Is Outdated
Chronicle of Higher Education
, Feb 16, 2020

The Earth Needs Multiple Ways to Remove CO2 From the Air to Avert the Worst of Climate Change
The Conversation
, Dec 13, 2019

Can We See 'Risk' From Space?
Reliefweb
, Nov 15, 2019

Heat Pumps: Efficient, Environmentally Friendly
WBUR
, Aug 29, 2019

Why Do So Many Americans Ask About Nuking a Hurricane?
CNN
, Aug 26, 2019

New York Reduces Pollution and Related Deaths
U.S. News & World Report
, Aug 8, 2019

New Project Defends Renewable Energy
Torchlight
, Jun 1, 2019

How A.I. Can Help Handle Severe Weather
New York Times
, May 12, 2019

Tree Rings Contain Secrets From the Forest
Popular Science
, Mar 20, 2019

Study Tracks Climate Variation's Impact on Green Power Generation
Climatewire
, Dec 13, 2018

Can AI Defeat the Dreaded Tsetse Fly?
Columbia Magazine
, Dec 10, 2018

Columbia University Opens Carbon Management Initiative
Axios
, Sep 17, 2018

Artificial Intelligence Used to Track World's Wildlife
Voice of America
, Aug 7, 2018

How to Protect the Connected Energy Grid
Wall Street Journal
, Jun 28, 2018

Algorithms Aid Tracking of Migrating Songbirds in Arctic
Voice of America
, Jun 25, 2018

Learning to Listen
The Poetry of Science
, Jun 22, 2018

Scientist Uses Bacteria to Clean Toxic Soil
Crain's New York Business
, Jun 1, 2018

Seagliders Illuminate Effects of Climate Change on Antarctic Ice Shelf
Paul Allen.com
, Mar 28, 2018

This Scientist Dodged the Russians to Try to Halt Nuclear Testing
The Verge
, Mar 20, 2018

How Should We Design Cities on Mars?
Co.Design
, Mar 1, 2018

Seized Ivory Probed for Clues That Could Help Save Elephants
Associated Press
, Jan 29, 2018

New Pathways for Upward Mobility in the Face of Automation
PC Magazine
, Nov 22, 2017

Can Tweaking the Atmosphere Help Us Fight Climate Change?
Science Friday
, Nov 17, 2017

Scientists: Strategic Crop Growth Based on Climate Change Could Feed 825 Million More
Ecowatch
, Nov 8, 2017

Scientists Ready Robots to Study Antarctic Ice Shelves From Underneath, With $2M Donor Boost
GeekWire
, Nov 7, 2017

New Study Can Help Scientists Detect Habitable Planets
International Business Times
, Oct 24, 2017

The Energy Industry Plots a Complex Path in the Midst of Disruption
New York Times
, Oct 18, 2017

As the Earth Melts
Air & Space
, Sep 20, 2017

An Underground 'Hyperloop' Connecting East Coast Cities?
Los Angeles Times
, Jul 20, 2017

Learn From China How to Make Energy From Waste
Times of India
, Apr 12, 2017

Saving Our Marine Data
Eos
, Feb 23, 2017

Oroville Dam Crisis Could Be the First of Many
Undark
, Feb 16, 2017

Oroville Is a Warning That Infrastructure Matters
CNN
, Feb 16, 2017

Award Highlights Need to Preserve Historic Geoscience Data
Eos
, Dec 28, 2016

The $8 Trillion Fight to Rid America of Fossil Fuels
Bloomberg News
, Aug 30, 2016

In Breakthrough, CO2 Turned to Stone in Iceland
Guardian
, Jun 9, 2016

Project in Iceland for Storing Carbon Shows Promise
New York Times
, Jun 9, 2016

An Iceland Plant Is Turning Carbon Dioxide to Rock
Washingont Post
, Jun 9, 2016

How to Capture Carbon Dioxide and Turn It to Stone
Los Angeles Times
, Jun 9, 2016

Putting CO2 Away for Good by Turning It to Stone
The Conversation
, Jun 9, 2016

Experiment Turns Waste CO2 to Stone
BBC
, Jun 9, 2016

Studying Life on the Rocks
Eurekalert
, May 31, 2016

Geoengineering Won't Save Us From Sea-Level Rise
Newsweek
, Mar 9, 2016

An Airborne Look Through Antarctic Ice
Antarctic Sun
, Feb 24, 2016

Facebook's New Map of World Population Could Help Billions Get Online
MIT Technology Review
, Feb 23, 2016

Can the U.S. Duplicate Germany's Renewable Energy Revolution?
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, Feb 18, 2016

Seismologists: That Was a Small Quake for an H-Bomb
CNBC
, Jan 6, 2016

Liquid Assets: The Challenge of Reusing Water
Columbia magazine
, Sep 16, 2015

Battling Earthly Plagues From Space
The Academic Minute
, Sep 1, 2015

Futuristic Water Systems
WAMC
, Jul 15, 2015

A New Suite of Instruments Measures Antarctica's Ice
Antarctic Sun
, Jun 8, 2015

Eyes in Sky Monitor Weather, Predict Epidemics
Voice of America
, May 7, 2015

Illegal Ivory Spotted by Radiocarbon Analysis
CBC
, Mar 3, 2015

Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Rock, and Burying It
New York Times
, Feb 10, 2015

Experts Dismiss North Korea's 'Hydrogen Bomb' Test
International Business Times
, Jan 6, 2015

CO2 Capture from Air Could Ripen Into Climate Solution
Cimatewire
, Aug 8, 2014

Waste to Energy Could Meet 12% of U.S. Electricity Demand
Waste Management World
, Jul 11, 2014

Can Artificial Trees Help Take CO2 From the Air?
Huffington Post
, Jul 2, 2014

Big Data and Climate Clues Helping Prevent Disease Outbreaks
Forbes
, Jun 22, 2014

Five Unconventional Ways to Tap Fresh Water
Nature
, Jun 18, 2014

Scientists Urge More Research Dollars for Pulling CO2 From Air
ClimateWire
, Apr 16, 2014

Can CO2 Removal Save the Planet?
Al Jazeera
, Apr 10, 2014

What If You Could Drive 100,000 Miles on a Tank of Gas?
ABC News
, Mar 12, 2014

Exploring CO2 Sequestration in the New York Suburbs
CBS Radio
, Sep 30, 2013

Could Carbon Dioxide Be Stored Deep Beneath NYC?
LiveScience
, Sep 25, 2013

Scientists Test Gas Storage Theory With Palisades Drilling
Rockland Journal News
, Sep 23, 2013

Could Fracking Store Millions of Tons of CO2 in Rock?
Climatewire
, Sep 10, 2013

Carbon Storage Studies Grapple With Geology and Politics
Climate Central
, Sep 3, 2013

New Forensic Technique Could Cut Illegal Ivory Trade
Rockland Journal News
, Aug 13, 2013

Pilot Projects Bury Carbon Dioxide in Basalt
Nature
, Jul 26, 2013

Forensic Testing of Ivory Could Combat Poaching
Voice of America
, Jul 2, 2013

Cold War Radioactivity Can Date Illegal Ivory
National Geographic
, Jul 1, 2013

How Bomb Tests Could Date Illegal Ivory
LiveScience
, Jul 1, 2013

Using Nuclear Fallout to Stop Black-Market Ivory
Popular Mechanics
, Jul 1, 2013

Carbon From Nuclear Tests Could Help Fight Elephant Poachers
BBC
, Jul 1, 2013

A Vision of Our Transport Future
Nature
, May 9, 2013

400PPM: Can Artificial Trees Help Pull CO2 From the Air?
Scientific American
, May 9, 2013

Should Utilities Be Required to Bury Power Lines to Protect Them?
Wall Street Journal
, Apr 15, 2013

Nuclear Power Prevents More Deaths Than It Causes, Says Study
Chemical & Engineering News
, Apr 2, 2013

Lessons Not Learned: Insider Threats in Pathogen Research
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
, Apr 1, 2013

Study Links 2011 Oklahoma Quake to Technique at Oil Wells
New York Times
, Mar 28, 2013

Quake Tied to Oil-Drilling Waste Adds Pressure for Rules
Bloomberg News
, Mar 27, 2013

Oklahoma Earthquake Linked to Oil Extraction Wastewater
BBC News
, Mar 27, 2013

Oklahoma Earthquake Was Largest Linked to Injection Wells, New Study Suggests
Oklahoma StateImpact
, Mar 27, 2013

Fracking's Latest Scandal: Earthquake Swarms
Mother Jones
, Mar 27, 2013

Seismologists Monitor North Korea Nuclear Blast
Voice of America
, Feb 25, 2013

Can Artificial Trees Help Take Carbon Dioxide Out of the Air?
Huffington Post
, Feb 21, 2013

North Korea Nuke Test May Offer Intelligence Windfall
Associated Press
, Feb 13, 2013

North Korea Gives Few Clues on Its Nuclear Program
New York Times
, Feb 13, 2013

Carbon Capture Technologies That Could Help Fight Climate Change
Earth Island Journal
, Jan 24, 2013

Method for Mapping Hotspots of Lead Could Safeguard Children
New York Times
, Dec 11, 2012

Did North Korea Really Light Up a Nuke in 2010?
Popular Mechanics
, Oct 16, 2012

Can We Really Spot Covert Nuclear Tests?
New Scientist
, Oct 15, 2012

PepsiCo Launches New Facebook-Inspired Carbon Calculator
GreenBiz.com
, Oct 9, 2012

Software Tool Helps Manufacturers Track Carbon Footprints
ClimateWire
, Sep 18, 2012

Researchers Unveil Facebook-Inspired CO2 Calculator
Business Green
, Sep 18, 2012

Recent Advances in Monitoring Nuclear Tests
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Ban Organization
, Sep 10, 2012

Climate carbon technologies considered
UPI online
, Jul 26, 2012

Scrubbing Carbon From the Air
City Atlas
, May 1, 2012

Can Microgrids Electrify 1 Billion People?
Green Tech
, Mar 26, 2012

Pulling CO2 From the Air: Can It Be Done?
The Economist
, Mar 17, 2012

Direct Air Capture of CO2 Becomes a Business, for Better or Worse
Energy Collective
, Mar 12, 2012

Newly Robust Maps May Help Ethiopia Cope With Weather
ClimateWire
, Mar 12, 2012

New Storage Project Turns CO2 Emissions to Stone
ClimateWire
, Mar 5, 2012

We Don't Need Trees
Earth Times
, Oct 28, 2011

Nonrecycled Plastics Could Be Energy Source for U.S.
American Chemistry Council
, Oct 12, 2011

Burning Nonrecyclable Plastics for Energy
ClimateWire
, Oct 12, 2011

Earliest Signs of Advanced Tools Found
New York Times
, Aug 31, 2011

That CO2 Warming the World: Lock It in a Rock
Associated Press
, Aug 28, 2011

The Quest to Capture Carbon Dioxide
Natl. Geographic News
, Aug 11, 2011

Cleaning Up the Carbon Mess
Bloomberg TV
, Aug 1, 2011

Artificial Trees and Carbon Capture
WAMC public radio
, Jun 9, 2011

Study Raises Doubt on Capturing Carbon Dioxide From Air
New York Times
, May 9, 2011

Carbon Dioxide: From Pollutant to Asset
OnEarth
, Feb 23, 2011

How Mobiles Save Lives in the Developing World
Cisco News
, Jan 24, 2011

Oil + Water
Columbia
, Oct 15, 2010

Low Oil Spill Estimates Rested on 'Unexplained Assumptions'
USA Today
, Oct 6, 2010

New Estimate of Gulf Oil Flow
PBS Newshour
, Sep 23, 2010

Gulf Spill Volume Estimated From Video
BBC
, Sep 23, 2010

Study Suggests Last U.S. Gulf Spill Estimate Was Right
Christian Science Monitor
, Sep 23, 2010

Degraded Oil Coats Gulf Seafloor
LiveScience
, Sep 21, 2010

Science in Action: Saving Energy
BBC World Service
, Sep 3, 2010

What Saves More Energy?
CNN Money
, Sep 2, 2010

More Than 4 Million Barrels of Oil Entered Gulf
New Scientist
, Aug 26, 2010

Waste to Energy: China Leads
Waste Management World
, Aug 24, 2010
by Nickolas Themelis and Zhixiao Zhang

People Habitually Underestimate Their Energy Use
The Economist
, Aug 23, 2010

Delusions Abound on Saving Energy
New York Times
, Aug 18, 2010

Saving Energy: What Actually Works
Green Tech
, Aug 18, 2010

Fighting Fallacies About Energy Efficiency
New Scientist
, Aug 17, 2010

Green and Clueless
Newsweek
, Aug 17, 2010

Exploring the Geology of Gulf Oil
NPR Talk of the Nation
, Jul 23, 2010

How Will a Hurricane Affect the Gulf Oil Spill?
Scientific American
, Jul 15, 2010

How to Kill a Well
Science
, Jul 2, 2010

Imagining the Unimaginable
OECD Insights
, Jun 17, 2010
by John Mutter

Gulf Spill's Environmental Impact, in Three Dimensions
Wall Street Journal
, Jun 12, 2010

BP Pins Hopes on Relief Wells to Stop Gulf Oil Spill
Scientific American
, Jun 9, 2010

What the Spill Will Kill
Newsweek
, Jun 6, 2010

Our Fix-It Faith and the Oil Spill
New York Times
, May 30, 2010

We Have No Idea Where Deep-Water Oil Is Drifting
CNN.com
, May 28, 2010
by Andreas Thurnherr

The Measure of a Disaster
New York Times
, May 23, 2010

Oil Spill a Catastrophe Worse Than Previously Thought
ABC World News
, May 20, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill Could Be Much Worse Than Believed
NPR
, May 14, 2010

Scientists Press BP to Release Film of Oil Leak
The Guardian
, May 13, 2010

CO2 Storage Potential in New York Area Rocks
ClimateWire
, Jan 4, 2010

Iceland's New Carbon Storage Project
Earth & Sky
, Dec 28, 2009

Machine Trees
The Eye
, Oct 14, 2009

Combating Climate Change by Storing CO2 Underground
PRI's The World
, Sep 30, 2009

Another Way of Getting Rid of CO2
The Economist
, Sep 7, 2009

6 Bright Ideas for Future Energy
Popular Science
, Jul 1, 2009

'Synthetic Tree' Aims to Catch Carbon in Air
CNN
, Jun 22, 2009

Africa Weather Network Launched
UN News Centre
, Jun 18, 2009

Sucking It Up
Nature
, Apr 30, 2009

New York Touts Plan to Lock Away CO2
Agence France-Presse
, Apr 21, 2009

The Rock That Ate CO2
Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC
, Mar 19, 2009

CO2 -Eating Rocks
Living On Earth
, Mar 13, 2009

Maps Show Rocks Ideal for Sequestering Carbon
New York Times
, Mar 9, 2009

Scrubbing the Skies
The Economist
, Mar 7, 2009

Vote the Rock
Mother Jones
, Mar 6, 2009

Scientists Map U.S. Rocks That Soak Up CO2
Reuters
, Mar 6, 2009

Toward a Clean Energy Future
The Observer
, Feb 16, 2009
Steve Cohen's Blog

Some Rocks Can Clean Up CO2
Medill Reports
, Feb 4, 2009

Can Technology Clear the Air?
New Scientist
, Jan 7, 2009

Mobiles Give Africa's Farmers a Chance
The Guardian
, Jan 4, 2009

Three Rules for Technological Fixes
Nature
, Dec 17, 2008

Cheap Transport on Two Wheels
The Economist
, Nov 27, 2008

Eating Carbon
The Economist
, Nov 13, 2008

Cell Phones Transform Africa's Development
All Africa
, Sep 18, 2008

Lighting Up Africa Through Innovation
Business Week
, Sep 11, 2008

Scientists Pursue CO2 Storage in the Ocean Floor
NPR Talk of the Nation
, Jul 25, 2008

Bamboo bikes have benefits
San Francisco Chronicle
, Jul 4, 2008

Capturing Carbon
PBS
, Jul 2, 2008

Turning CO2 to plastics and dry ice
Business Green
, Jun 2, 2008

Hopes to usher in a revolution in affordable lighting
Economic Times (India)
, Jun 1, 2008

Could US Scientist?s ?CO2 Catcher? Help to Slow Global Warming?
The Guardian (London)
, May 31, 2008

Europe Turns to Coal Again, Raising Alarms on Climate Change
New York Times
, Apr 23, 2008

Technological Keys to Climate Protection
Scientific American
, Apr 1, 2008

A Solar Grand Plan
Scientific American online
, Jan 1, 2008

Remove CO2 From Air? Experts Working on It
MSNBC
, Nov 20, 2007

Giving Climate Change a Kick
ScienceNOW
, Nov 9, 2007

Mobiles for the 'world's poorest'
BBC
, Sep 10, 2007

Scientists Attempt to Roll Back Emissions
The Guardian
, Jul 30, 2007

Experimenting With Carbon Sequestration
National Public Radio
, Jun 1, 2007

New Device Vacuums Away Carbon Dioxide
LiveScience
, May 1, 2007

Curbing Emissions Won't Be Enough
Newsweek
, Apr 16, 2007

How to Cool a Planet (Maybe)
New York Times
, Jun 27, 2006

How Earth-Scale Engineering Can Save the Planet
Popular Science
, Aug 1, 2005