Circular Economy Can Shield Against Known Shocks While Making Systems Brittle, Study Warns
New research argues that circular economy strategies can strengthen resilience to known disruptions while simultaneously eroding the system options needed ...
Tag: industrial ecology
War Runs on Fuel: First Standardized Method Puts a Number on Warfare’s Material Footprint
Researchers have developed the first standardized material flow analysis framework for warfare, revealing that two months of active conflict can ...
New Model Reveals Sweden’s Wood Climate Strategy Hides a Hidden Carbon Cost
A new integrated economic and carbon accounting model shows that expanding wood use in Sweden boosts jobs and value added ...
How Accounting Choices Swing the Carbon Footprint of Battery Cells
A simulation study of German battery cell production shows that methodological choices in the EU's carbon footprint rules can shift ...
Talking to Life Cycle Models: AI Tool Turns Plain English Into Sustainability Scenarios
Researchers have built a natural-language interface that lets life cycle assessment practitioners run parameter-level scenarios by describing them in plain ...
New Social Impact Scoring Tool Puts Kolkata’s Leather Industry Under the Microscope
Researchers have developed a new hybrid assessment method called DSAM and applied it to Kolkata's leather industry, revealing significant social ...
Battery Swaps Could Reshape EV Metal Demand in British Columbia by 2050
A new dynamic material flow model shows that electric vehicle battery replacement in British Columbia could cut new vehicle demand ...
Digital Platforms Emerge as Orchestrators of the Circular Plastics Economy
New research shows that digital platforms in the plastics industry enable circular economy business models by standardizing material quality data, ...
Brazil’s Plastic Packaging Recycling Reveals Three Uneven Circular Economy Pathways
A qualitative study of Brazil's plastic packaging industry shows that circular upgrading succeeds when firms control design and processes but ...
Machine Learning and Global Material Models Take 2025 Graedel Prizes
The Journal of Industrial Ecology has awarded its 2025 Graedel Prizes to a machine learning study of uncertainty in life ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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