Turning abandoned open-pit mines into solar farms could resolve growing land-use tensions and unlock vast, underused ...

Untrained participants in a new study could reliably rate levels of biodiversity through images and sound, aligning closely ...

Researchers found a way to extract 92% of critical metals from old EV batteries. The process uses less energy and generates ...

Many towns and cities in the U.S. have halted or scaled back their curbside recycling programs in an effort to reduce costs. But this is a misguided approach when it comes to fighting climate change, ...

Concrete, the most widely used material in the world, has come under scrutiny recently for its large carbon footprint. But concrete also has a natural ability to soak up carbon dioxide from the air ...

The effect of bag fees on plastic garbage bag sales is similar to that of bag bans. That’s somewhat surprising, the researchers say, since the per-bag fee of $0.05 is less than the average price per ...

A massive multi-country study suggests that simply closing the gap between the actual and perceived consensus moves the needle on climate beliefs without polarizing groups.

A new study finds broad agreement that the wealthy should shrink their carbon footprints—but most people, especially the rich, underestimate their own impact—a discrepancy researchers call the carbon ...

Methods that tweak genes without transferring new material into crops sit in regulatory limbo in the EU. Could legalizing their use could transform organic agriculture?

Researchers have used solar power and special nickel-based electrodes to directly split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen. The advance could lead to an economical, sustainable way to produce clean ...