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 ...

Older companies are more environmentally sustainable than younger ones, according to a new analysis. The findings upend popular assumptions of old organizations as hidebound and incapable of change, ...

Humans living in and around forests have been supporting forest health for 1000s of years, they say—and we should protect ...

After sorting through 1 million material samples, an AI tool has found 19 ideal materials to reduce concrete’s emissions and ...

Melatonin, a sleep aid for humans, is known to keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer. Now scientists have come up with a ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Rocks are one of nature’s tools for trapping carbon dioxide from air and permanently locking it away. The silicate minerals found in certain rocks react with ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Researchers have employed an unlikely organism—fungi—to make a new type of biodegradable battery. The new 3D-printed fungal battery produces enough ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Replacing traditional plastics with those that degrade in the ocean would reduce harm to marine animals and the environment. And now, scientists at the Wood ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. A team of researchers in the UK have come up with a solution to these two issues. In a paper published in the journal Nature Energy, they report a novel ...