When farmland is returned to the wild, it shows a striking ability to hold onto the carbon that built up in farm soils over ...

New Princeton research shows that reclaimed wastewater can replace purified water in hydrogen production, cutting treatment ...

Ecologists coined the phrase “landscape of fear” to describe how animals modify their behavior based on how risky a place ...

Companies used to be accused of faking sustainability via greenwashing. Now some are hiding actual climate progress.

Not yet. Scientists modeled renewable-powered “plant factories” and found they could meet China’s entire vegetable demand ...

With a simple, inexpensive treatment, researchers have found a way to make paper bags strong enough to be reused multiple times, even when they get wet. The bags could be a true ecofriendly ...

Meat-heavy diets are deleterious for human health and the environment—a fact that’s now been established by many studies. But new research reveals that there can also be large differences in the ...

Greenhouse gas emissions from computers, phones, and data centers could grow from about 1 percent of global emissions in 2007 to over 14 percent in 2040. The carbon footprint of smartphones will ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. A new study on U.S. meat consumption suggests we’ve been missing a crucial piece of the carbon footprint puzzle: where our meat actually comes from.

The big bad wolf is really a scaredy cat. While wolves’ reputation as fearsome predators makes them the stuff of old legends and modern polemics, at least one animal will prompt them to turn tail: ...