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Jul

2021

Green hydrogen production from curtailed wind and solar power

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Designing future low-carbon energy systems to use power generated in excess of the grid’s demands to produce hydrogen fuel could substantially lower electricity costs, according to ...

Jun

2021

How to build a better wind farm

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Location, location, location—when it comes to the placement of wind turbines, the old real estate adage applies, according to new research published in Proceedings of the National ...

Jun

2021

“Surge protector”-like enzyme controls the speed and efficiency of photosynthesis

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— The fact that photosynthesis uses sunlight and atmospheric carbon dioxide to produce sugars has been known for more than a century. But how photosynthesis manages to maintain sugar ...

May

2021

Midwestern farms doing heavy lifting on summertime carbon removal

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Models of the carbon cycle that are used to understand the effects of climate change in North America need to do a better job of accounting for the carbon dioxide removed from the ...

Mar

2021

Algae growing on dead coral could paint a falsely rosy portrait of reef health

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Algae colonizing dead coral are upending scientists’ ability to accurately assess the health of a coral reef community, according to new work from a team of marine science experts led ...

Dec

2020

Workshop supports inclusive search for Global Ecology scientists

By Leslie Willoughby

Carnegie Institution for Science staff in the Department of Global Ecology took part in a half-day professional development workshop on how to implement an inclusive search in November. Participants ...

Dec

2020

Infrastructure key to balancing climate and economic goals in developing countries

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Developing nations have an opportunity to avoid long-term dependence on fossil fuel-burning infrastructure as they move toward economic stability, even if they are slow to cut carbon ...

Sep

2020

Are China’s pollution remediation efforts making the planet warmer?

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— A 10-year effort by China to improve air quality and reduce pollution-related health risks has caused warming in areas across the northern hemisphere, according to new work published ...

Aug

2020

Do we need to look beyond batteries for seasonal energy storage?

By Leslie Willoughby

STANFORD, CA - Some U.S. states and other regions of the world have set policy goals for all electricity generation to come from zero-carbon or renewable resources by 2050. Because wind and solar ...

Energy

Aug

2020

Anna Michalak Named Director of Global Ecology

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Anna Michalak has been named the Director of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology. As a world-renowned researcher, her leadership will be invaluable as Carnegie works to rebuild the ...

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