In one scenario, vulnerable parts of the world become completely uninsurable, and economic and/or natural forces dismantle ...

After all, biodiversity isn’t a thing like the latest iPhone that can be easily quantified and is identical across the world.

A new assessment offers a fairer approach to sustainable mobility for people who can’t afford zero-emission vehicles: Old cars can still be environmentally friendly if driven in the right way. When ...

What if we could transform the material that built the modern world from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge? Fast-forward Earth about a million years. Humanity has come and gone—perhaps wiped out ...

Individual driving style has a big influence on the climate impact of automobiles, one that is sometimes even a greater than the type of car being driven, according to a new analysis. The methodology ...

The world today is powered by wasteful and inflexible electricity grids that stand in the way of deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. But new experiments are pushing artificial intelligence and ...

Carefully planning where to build solar and wind power facilities can maximize the amount of renewable power available while minimizing costs by reducing the need for battery storage, according to a ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Declining yields in some parts of the world have created a perception that global food reserves are stagnating. But in fact over the last six decades, the ...

There will come a point, somewhere above Arizona, where—in the words of John Gillespie Magee Jr.’s much-quoted poem “High Flight”—you slip the surly bonds of Earth. Rising “where never lark, nor even ...

The most dangerous areas cover less than 3% of the ocean, raising hopes that ship traffic regulations could save whales. Some individuals of the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog survived the fungal ...

In a new spin on green electronics, researchers have made a biodegradable electronic circuit board from tree leaves. Such leaf-based electronics, or “leaftronics” as the team from Dresden University ...