Wires and textiles made of carbon nanotube fibers could amp up the conversion of clean electricity to high-temperature heat, cutting the carbon footprint of manufacturing.

The scarlet monkeyflower's ability to keep pace with a punishing drought signals some plants can adapt quickly to climate ...

Replacing the turbines on existing wind farms with newer, more powerful and efficient models could double the amount of electricity produced by onshore wind energy in the United States – without ...

A new study shows agrivoltaics can cut maize yields in humid regions but boost soybean production in drier climates.

In the 1990s, the divide between wild and farmed fish felt moral as much as culinary. Farmed salmon became shorthand for ...

Solar panels are powering an increasing number of homes around the world as solar power prices go down. Americans alone installed enough solar panels in 2022 to power 22 million homes. But those shiny ...

In a world of breakneck environmental change, the Arctic is in a class of its own. Temperatures there are rising nearly four times faster than the global average. The ice that once reliably covered ...

The decline in coal in favour of natural gas across the United States has brought an unexpected bonus: an increase in crop yields. Appearing in The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, these ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. 2. Miles and packaging are minor carbon sources. It’s counter-intuitive, but buying a plastic bag of salad grown the next state over could be a lower-carbon ...

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 ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. We need fertilizer to grow food on industrial scales. And yet, this product is one of the most emissions-intensive aspects of farming. It’s a catch-22 ...

A gradually waning appetite for meat over the past twenty years has pushed the greenhouse gas emissions of US diets down by 35%, finds a surprising and hopeful new study. The country’s emissions still ...