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

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 ...

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

A global analysis finds that existing aircraft, flown differently, could deliver dramatic emissions cuts without grounding ...

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 ...

Planting hedgerows and bee-friendly flowers, leaving fallow lands, and using less fertilizer: these are routinely touted as the best way for farmers to fight climate change, and support biodiversity ...

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

Scientists in Australia spent five years peering into the microscopic world of bark, emerging with a description of a place ...

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

Saving electricity is environmentally responsible – a fact so banal that it hardly needs stating. But one of the paradoxes of a decarbonizing grid is that sometimes renewable electricity is so ...