Diesel made from used cooking oil produces fewer carbon emissions than new vegetable oils—and it keeps the grease out of ...

A two-year experiment found that coral reefs could endure in heated water better than expected—with one huge caveat.

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Electric grids powered by renewables like wind and solar energy are less vulnerable ...

Researchers explore the potential of electro-agriculture—ie., growing crops in the dark; early research shows promising ...

Researchers created a new kind of biochar that is not only made from waste, it also absorbs waste nutrients and recycles them ...

One of humanity’s greatest achievements over the past 50 years has been reducing global hunger—there are around 300 million ...

They converted old tires into a material that not only purifies water using solar energy—but also generates a small amount of electricity.

A new comprehensive study of “decoupling” finds that for 30% of the regions studied, the answer is yes. But the remaining regions are lagging behind.

A little over 1.5 cups of a yellow powder made of tiny porous polymer particles can capture as much carbon dioxide in a year ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. In gangster movies, mob bosses worry that a “rat” will betray them. Now, criminal wildlife poachers might need to start fearing real rats. Scientists have ...

A new study projects large drops in 'outdoor days' in the southeastern US and an increase in the Northwest toward the end of ...

To protect a growing world population against food insecurity, the chickpea is one crop that humanity definitely wants on its side: highly productive and rich in protein and calories, this legume is ...