A tablespoon of clay has about the same surface area as a football field; With a little tweaking, it can soak up as much CO2 ...

The beaks of Anna's hummingbirds in California grew longer as people started hanging artificial feeders, according to new ...

We use around 30 billion tonnes of concrete every year. That gigantic number bears an equally gigantic carbon footprint. Producing cement, the glue that holds concrete together, is responsible for ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. It might seem counterintuitive, but farming directly in forests can deliver wins for biodiversity, people, and climate change. That is the argument ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. U.S. states can decarbonize on their own for about the same price as a federal-led effort to reduce emissions by the same amount, according to a new study.

Getting people to think more about the future, especially their own and that of people they care about, is the most effective way to motivate climate action, according to a new study. The findings ...

Researchers have successfully extended the shelf life of certain vegetables using a simple, striking solution: minuscule microneedles made of silk. These delicate spindles inject the plants with ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. In Panama, the best protection for keeping rainforests from disappearing hasn’t been putting them inside protected refuges. It’s been putting them in the ...

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 ...

Inside the phone or computer you are reading this story on is a fiberglass board bearing all the circuit chips, wires and other electronic components that make the device work. And every year, ...