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 ...

Arid countries with lack of access to freshwater have for decades relied on getting freshwater by separating salt from seawater. But modern desalination technologies are unaffordable, and they consume ...

If you like home runs, you’ll love climate change. As the temperature rises, air resistance goes down. Researchers at Dartmouth College have calculated that human-caused warming led to 58 extra home ...

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 ...

How do we feed a growing and more affluent population without the environmental collateral damage? The Anthropocene’s coverage of food and agriculture digs deep into innovations in farming, ...

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 ...