In the first comprehensive global study of the effect of trees on urban temperature, researchers discovered that in hot, ...

First they cracked a problem that slows down plant photosynthesis—then they succeeded in super-charging potato growth by up ...

In one scenario, vulnerable parts of the world become completely uninsurable, and economic and/or natural forces dismantle ...

A new study found that reducing world cattle production by a mere 13% and rewilding select pastures could lock away the equivalent to 3 years' worth of global carbon emissions. Researchers created a ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. It’s a rule everyone learns as a child: if you spill it, you clean it up. This common-sense principle is even enshrined in US law, with polluters (mostly) ...

What if we could transform the material that built the modern world from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge? Fast-forward Earth about a million years. Humanity has come and gone—perhaps wiped out ...

Consider a simple thought experiment. Imagine that by the end of this century, everyone in the world will use energy at the same rate per person that a typical American does today: a steady stream of ...

Overall global energy use has risen fivefold within one human lifetime. The history of energy use is like our closets. We don’t typically give up our belongings; we add to them. Coal didn’t replace ...

Carefully planning where to build solar and wind power facilities can maximize the amount of renewable power available while minimizing costs by reducing the need for battery storage, according to a ...

Individual driving style has a big influence on the climate impact of automobiles, one that is sometimes even a greater than the type of car being driven, according to a new analysis. The methodology ...

Since 2010, the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has sponsored site-specific design competitions, soliciting ideas for public art that generates clean power. Its 2016 contest was the most ...