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Can we use salt to lock away carbon for thousands of years?

26 April 2023

Preserving ‘carbon crops’ with salt and storing them in dry landfill sites to stop them decomposing could be a low-cost, scalable climate solution, according to physicist Eli Yablonovitch


Can we counter climate change by dumping carbon in the ocean?

28 March 2023

Researchers and start-ups are exploring a variety of ways of locking up carbon in the sea, from seaweed farming to fertilising the oceans with iron – but we know little about the implications


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How can the UK keep homes cool without air conditioning?

22 July 2022

To adapt to climate change, the UK needs to install “passive cooling” mechanisms in homes, such as window shades and improved ventilation systems


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UK mushroom growing uses 100,000 m³ of peat a year – can we do better?

30 June 2022

Peat bogs are an important carbon store, so mushroom growers are searching for a way to grow their produce on other substrates


Fix the Planet newsletter: Can a virtual Earth help the climate fight?

Fix the Planet newsletter: Can a virtual Earth help the climate fight?

1 April 2022

Interactive simulacra of the planet are being created to help people and organisations explore the impacts of climate change and how we adapt to them


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Fix the Planet newsletter: Solving charging anxiety for electric cars

24 March 2022

Hesitancy around electric cars has shifted from 'range anxiety' to 'charging anxiety', but alongside more charging points there also needs to be a shift in public perception


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Wild Wild Life newsletter: The world’s most controversial animals

22 March 2022

Around the world, human-animal conflict is rife in our cities. Yet despite the problems some animals cause, we can't help but love them.


Fix the Planet newsletter: Carbon capture power stations are back

Fix the Planet newsletter: Carbon capture power stations are back

11 March 2022

Will gas power stations equipped with carbon capture and storage be the future of power plants in the UK?


Fix the Planet newsletter: 5 takeaways from the IPCC climate report

Fix the Planet newsletter: 5 takeaways from the IPCC climate report

3 March 2022

What we can do to adapt to the impacts of a rapidly warming world


Fix the Planet newsletter: Climate action needs more than technofixes

Fix the Planet newsletter: Climate action needs more than technofixes

24 February 2022

Why climate action will require both societal and behavioural change to be effective


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