Early experiments in barley suggest that reprogramming plant immune receptors could one day slash the world’s dependence on ...

Scientists explore the potential of sinking timber to the cold, oxygen-free Arctic Ocean floor to lock away carbon dioxide ...

Scientists say coral fisheries could sustainably provide thousands of additional meals per square kilometer. But it requires ...

As clean energy surges, utilities that once urged restraint may sometimes need to reward households for using ...

1. Limitless Fuel. The same technologies that enrich uranium to make fuel for today’s nuclear fission reactors can also produce explosive material for nuclear bombs. Fusion reactions, on the other ...

Instead of spewing planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, many scientists and startups want to turn the greenhouse gas into valuable chemicals and fuels. “We have proven that ...

If you like home runs, you’ll love climate change. As the temperature rises, air resistance goes down. Researchers at Dartmouth College have calculated that human-caused warming led to 58 extra home ...

Over 14 million tons of plastic litter ends up in the ocean every year, killing thousands of animals and birds that ingest it. Much of it ends up amassing in giant garbage patches and over time ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Ultra-bright white paints are the go-to when it comes to cooling buildings. Those paints work by reflecting as much of the sun as they can. An international ...

Twenty years ago, Beijing was a city of bicycles. They queued by the thousands at traffic lights on roads where cars were rare, next to grocer stalls piled high with winter cabbages. Today, it is the ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. To date, most estimates on fertilizer impacts have focused either on the production or the application stage. Until now no one has mapped the impact of this ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. More than 40% of the street network in some cities is suitable for transformation similar to Barcelona-style “superblocks,” according to a new study. The ...