Newsletter Image by Emilian Robert Vicol from Pixabay This start-up is storing clean energy in sand. Here’s how A cadre of start-ups are building batteries that can store renewable energy in natural materials such as sand, salt and rock.
Solutions Image by Goran Horvat from Pixabay Spreading rock dust on farmland has potential to draw down huge sums of carbon dioxide
Good Newscommons.wikimedia.org Brooklyn scientist tries out ‘rock dust’ to grow better garden and fight carbon pollution Kwesi Joseph’s thesis is simple – crushed basalt rock mixed with soil and compost in this Brooklyn garden will both capture more carbon from the air and also help plants grow bigger, thus increasing the potential yield of fruits and vegetables.
Causes Photo by Hanny Naibaho on Unsplash Chinese artist Nut Brother fights pollution with rock music Nut Brother highlights overlooked environmental and social issues using social media-ready performance art that can slip past China's censors.
Newsletter www.newscientist.com Climate change is speeding up the degradation of ancient rock art Degradation of ancient rock art in Indonesia may be accelerating due to climate change.
