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Scientists get tantalizingly close to creating the flavor and texture of cheese—with peas.

6 days ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Emma Bryce

Researchers have developed a cheese that looks, tastes, and feels like paneer—and yet is one-quarter peas. This new dairy-plant hybrid may be more appealing to consumers than completely plant-based cheese alternatives, and could still help reduce some of the impacts linked to conventional cheese. Most attempts at alternative cheeses have experimented with plant-based ingredients to coax them into something resembling the real thing.
Clearly cool: A transparent paper-based material could replace single-use plastics

1 week ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Sarah DeWeerdt |Emma Bryce

Close to 2 million metric tons of plastic enters the oceans every year from beaches and waterways, according to The Ocean Cleanup Project. Much of that plastic is single-use beverage bottles, cups, and straws. Researchers in Japan have now made a new paper-based material that could be an ideal replacement for those single-use plastics. The millimeter-thick paperboard reported in the journal Science Advances behaves like plastic, but only when needed.
Teenage fish on drugs take more risks, too.

1 week ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Warren Cornwall |Emma Bryce

The life of a juvenile salmon would be enough to have anyone reaching for an anti-anxiety pill. The tiny fish run a deadly gantlet as they swim from freshwater to the ocean, dodging ravenous predators and whirring hydropower turbines while pushing through sluggish reservoirs backed up behind dams. On one Swedish river, approximately one out of every 10 fish complete the journey.
For most countries, there’s a clear smart move to achieve energy security and reduce trade risks

1 week ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Sarah DeWeerdt |Warren Cornwall

Most countries around the world could improve their energy security and reduce trade risks by shifting away from fossil fuels, according to a new study. The analysis suggests that achieving net-zero carbon emissions at a global scale would result in decreased trade risks for nearly 85% of the global population.
What if we turned the food waste problem on its head—and made it a climate solution?

1 week ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Emma Bryce |Warren Cornwall |Sarah DeWeerdt

One-third of all food produced for humans annually is lost to waste. The decomposing matter produces half of all the emissions generated by the global agrifood system. What if, instead of focusing solely on how to curb and avoid food waste, we turned the challenge on its head—and looked at what we can make with all that discarded food?
The unusual inspiration for this energy-free cooling system is elephant skin

2 weeks ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Sarah DeWeerdt |Emma Bryce

Wrinkles on elephants make the gentle beasts look wise. But they also serve an important purpose: the crevices and the porous skin hold water and help keep the pachiderms cool by storing water and expelling heat via evaporation. Researchers have now turned to elephant skin as an unusual source of inspiration for tiles that provide energy-free cooling for buildings and homes. They have used mycelium, the root network of fungi, to make wall tiles that have a bumpy, elephant skin-like texture.
It's not march of the penguins, but the great migration of flies is major force in ecosystems and economies

2 weeks ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Warren Cornwall

Animal migrations are marvels of the natural world. People are entranced by mass movements that span continents, as creatures travel thousands of kilometers in the pursuit of food, mates and ideal weather. Monarch butterflies trek across North American to high-altitude forests in Mexico, where they transform trees into shimmering black and orange sculptures. Waves of caribou travel some 3,000 kilometers to reach summer feeding grounds in the Arctic.
Adjusting when you charge your EV or do laundry could postpone the need for expensive infrastructure

2 weeks ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Sarah DeWeerdt

Changing the timing of electricity use in buildings reduces peak demands on the grid, according to a new analysis focused on Norway and its connection with the broader European power system. Ultimately, this strategy could save money by reducing the need for costly new power infrastructure. Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind are becoming more important in the European power grid. At the same time, more aspects of daily life such as cars and building heating systems are going electric.
Is sustainable intensification an oxymoron? A 9-yr study says maybe not.

2 weeks ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Emma Bryce

Rotating cereal rye and winter wheat into fields of corn and soy reduces fertilizer loss by 50% in Illinois, without impacting overall yields. These results come from a new study that brings us closer to sustainable intensification in the US Corn Belt, its researchers say. They went in with a hypothesis that diversifying Illinois’ conventional two-year farm rotation of soybeans and corn would keep the soil covered for longer, and increase the amount of carbon stored in the ground.
Tentacled biodegradable cleaners hunt microplastics in open water

3 weeks ago | anthropocenemagazine.org | Sarah DeWeerdt |Emma Bryce

Microplastics, pieces of plastic that are smaller than 5 millimeters in size, pollute waterways and oceans all over the world. They end up in the environment after breaking off from clothes and tires. They also come from fertilizer and as a result of trashed plastic bags and bottles disintegrating into smaller pieces. Cleaning up the tiny plastic pieces is a significant challenge that humanity faces today.