Call it a sewage trifecta: a new microbial fuel cell makes power, breaks down hard-to-remove antibiotics, and produces the household chemical hydrogen peroxide.

Relocating frogs, snakes and turtles helps developers get permits. A new review of 256 cases finds it rarely helps the ...

Cellophane bees make a polyethylene-like plastic that breaks down in soil within a year. A new PNAS study shows how it could ...

A global tax on food emissions, mostly from meat and dairy, could cut them by 17 percent. Charging rich nations up to $969 ...

Biodegradable plastics, designed to break down in compost, linger for a long time in oceans. Embedding them with tiny amounts ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. People are drowning in eco-friendly swag—cloth tote bags, reusable water bottles, recycled notebooks, sustainable hotel toiletries, and on and on—distributed ...

A combination of sustainability strategies could slash emissions from delivering parcels from online orders in China by more than four-fifths, according to a new analysis. The study also finds the ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Most people think climate change will primarily affect other people, a new analysis of previously published research reveals. The findings illustrate a ...

After water, concrete is the most-used material in the world. And now, researchers have given this ubiquitous building material super powers. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team has found a ...

Researchers have developed a new chemical process transforms plastic waste into an effective carbon capture material. The method works with polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the ubiquitous clear ...

In a lab outside Boulder Colorado, engineers are reinventing one of the dirtiest industrial processes on Earth—by swapping fire for modern alchemy. In a business park in the shadow of the Rocky ...

Green roofs can capture nearly all the microplastic particles that contaminate rainwater in modern cities, according to a new study. The findings add to the list of benefits of green roofs, which have ...