A massive global study finds cities can deliver millions of new homes without exhausting the world’s carbon budget—if they abandon carbon-intensive construction norms.

New evidence suggests that conserving forests, wetlands, and soils is critical not just for biodiversity, but for sustaining ...

Environmental mandates such as car bans can erode green attitudes, a new study reveals. In a survey of more than 3,300 German ...

New research suggests that seaweed aquaculture boosts seawater alkalinity, enabling millions—and potentially tens of millions ...

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.

Gravity is hard to escape. So why not put it to good use? Researchers have now proposed a new concept to store energy using gravity that could turn skyscrapers into giant batteries. The idea ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Many everyday products are recyclable, but very little waste actually gets recycled. Only 13% of municipal solid waste is recycled globally, and only about ...

As reproduction slows and populations gray, scientists warn that many zoos are losing their capacity to function as effective ...

A strong yet degradable bioplastic made from avocado peels and stale bread tackles two global challenges: food waste and ...

Researchers have built the first refrigerant-free system to reach sub-zero temperatures, a breakthrough that could reduce food waste and greenhouse gas emissions.