The two big electrification tools are not delivering on emissions, researchers say. Countries need to prioritize renewables, ...

China’s unprecedented fishing ban is reversing years of biodiversity loss in the Yangtze, raising questions about the ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. A major reason straws, plastic bags and yogurt containers aren’t recycled is that it’s much cheaper to make these products from scratch than to recover them.

According to a comprehensive modeling study, the climate benefits of contrail avoidance depend on speed, not perfection ...

A host of agricultural challenges—crops’ vulnerability to drought, massive nitrogen pollution and greenhouse gas emissions—share one elegant solution: getting plants to grow longer, deeper roots. It ...

Thousands of computer simulations show that concrete slabs and beams from demolished buildings can be reused rather than downcycled, aiding the effort to decarbonize the building industry.

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. As polar bears across the Arctic watch their sea ice habitat disappear, here’s something they might be wishing for: A one-way ticket to Norway’s Svalbard ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Researchers have developed a battery recycling technique that recovers 95% of the battery’s lithium using only carbon dioxide and water. The process also ...

There are no great solutions to the problem of throwaway plastics. They can clog up landfills for centuries, or get dumped into rivers and break down into toxic microplastics. Incineration produces ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Adding the environmental cost to the price of food in European diets could cut food-related impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, by almost 6%. These ...