Canadian researchers found a cheaper, lower-carbon way to keep strawberries fresh, cutting into a $58 billion waste problem.

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. More than 40% of the street network in some cities is suitable for transformation similar to Barcelona-style “superblocks,” according to a new study. The ...

Researchers calculated the carbon footprint of vehicle trade-ins across a wide variety of scenarios, and EVs emerged as the ...

A five-year study finds the big cats you avoid on trails are quietly preventing the collisions that actually kill people.

A sweeping new study of 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries found many tropical species are expanding their ranges, while temperate ones are contracting—with climate change a major driver.

A biochar filter made from discarded husks hints at a broader shift: treating agricultural byproducts not as garbage, but as raw material for environmental repair.

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. More than 11 million tons of textiles end up in landfills or incinerators every year in the US alone. Now, engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

Over 14 million tons of plastic litter ends up in the ocean every year, killing thousands of animals and birds that ingest it. Much of it ends up amassing in giant garbage patches and over time ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Automated vehicles are expected to be widely available within the next decade. By 2040, most cars on the road will likely be controlled by software — a ...

The average global energy consumption—79 gigajoules per person per year—is sufficient to power a healthy, comfortable life for everyone on the planet, according to a new study. The analysis is part of ...