In the 1990s, the divide between wild and farmed fish felt moral as much as culinary. Farmed salmon became shorthand for ...

The world generates over 140,000 tons of electronic waste every single day. This waste is complex, made of many different materials, making it very hard to separate and recycle. Researchers have ...

New resins made from sawdust, straw, and other woody waste could be up to 76% stronger than the fossil‑based glues that hold together strong, lightweight materials used in the construction, ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. By tweaking two crucial aspects of photosynthesis machinery at the same time in plants, researchers have managed to engineer crops that are not only 50% more ...

When the Black Death depopulated Europe, abandoned farmland reverted to forest—and plant diversity declined. The lesson may complicate modern calls to simply “let nature take over.” ...

A new study shows agrivoltaics can cut maize yields in humid regions but boost soybean production in drier climates.

An analysis of dozens of previously published studies reveals people systematically underestimate their own vulnerability to climate threats.

A new life-cycle analysis reveals that bio-based plastics are better for the climate but worse for biodiversity. The greenest ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. The world produces more than two million metric tons of nylon every year. That nylon, used to make clothes, ropes, fishing nets and parachutes among other ...

Recycling is one of the easiest things consumers can do to tread lighter on the environment. But much depends on the material being recycled. A new modeling study shows that greenhouse gas emissions ...

Concerns about EV performance in extreme heat waves might be a thing of the past, thanks to improvements in battery ...

Farming less land more intensively is a better solution for biodiversity than trying to integrate farmland with nature. This is the key finding from a recent study that homes in on a longstanding ...