The next chapter in plastic recycling could be laser focused
Engineers have combinated lasers and two-dimensional materials to break down plastic into its building blocks for reuse.
What’s better for bees? More habitat or less pesticides?
A new study focused on protecting pollinator diversity found that semi-natural habitats play a more important role than pesticide use in rice fields.
Beef is carbon-intensive. But by how much is surprisingly unclear.
Across 32 life cycle assessments of beef production, researchers discovered that carbon footprints varied almost fourfold. That’s both a challenge—and an opportunity.
Is it OK to profit from climate change?
The answer depends on what you think is the fastest way to cut carbon.
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The Upcycled Car
Innovations in automaking are already incorporating carbon dioxide into new vehicles you can buy today, from the body to the tires, from the fittings to the fuel in the tank.
Human-Driven Evolution Is a Hallmark of the Anthropocene
The Human Age will be shaped by the species we create and foster as well as the ones we kill off
It's time to upgrade not just our technology, but also our collective imagination.
Discover Anthropocene’s newest and most forward-looking project: Climate reporting from the future. Live story-telling events and online stories.
Is fighting poverty compatible with fighting climate change?
The latest research team to tackle the question thinks it is. Their key insight: a lot of current energy use isn’t really contributing to human well-being
Enhanced Rock Weathering
A geological process with a billion-year track record might boost crop yields and could lock up as much carbon as planting a trillion trees.
Food-related emissions beyond the farm gate are now almost as large as those from farming itself
Researchers find that emissions resulting from transport, energy use, and food waste have increased swiftly over the last 40 years - and are almost equivalent to the emissions from farming, itself
Get Ready for Sticker Shock Carbon Therapy
Carbon labeling shifts consumer behavior. But does that actually translate to fewer emissions?
Piss and vinegar: ingredients for ecofriendly battery recycling
Chemists use a solvent made from urea and acetic acid to recover cobalt from lithium-ion batteries at low temperatures without creating harmful byproducts
Forests follow unexpected—and surprisingly fast—paths to recovery
A new study found that carbon, nitrogen and soil density in cleared forests reached 90% of levels in untouched forests after 1 to 9 years. The key was leaving them alone.
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Emily Anthes
Amphibious architecture responds to floods like ships to a rising tide, floating on the water’s surface.
Oliver Morton
The godlike powers of geoengineering irrevocably change the human’s relationship with Planet Earth.
Frances Cairncross
What is the optimal rollout of carbon taxes and research subsidies to speed up the transition to a low-carbon economy?
David Biello
Welcome to the brave new world of artificial intelligence for conservation.
Veronique Greenwood
The rise of fast fashion and the technology that needs to change to keep your clothes out of the garbage.
Fred Pearce
Some economies may be quietly, and surprisingly approaching a phenomenon economists call “peak stuff.
Akshat Rathi
What if we could transform cement from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge?
Ted Nordhaus
The climate change apocalypse problem
Andrew Revkin
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