sustainability

It’s made from Chernobyl water and rye. What could possibly go wrong?

It’s part of the nation’s massive reforestation campaign that aims to plant 4 billion trees in 2019.

With the ivory trade on the decline, poachers have been capitalizing on a new, disturbing trend.

Cheese is one of the latest products to be used to create biogas.

The future of food sounds bleak, but it doesn’t need to be this way.

Here’s why you might eat greenhouse gases in the future.

Why doesn’t the U.S. generate more electricity from wind?

A new study lays out a green (very green), data-driven plan to capture much of our atmosphere’s carbon pool.

The Doomsday clock has never been closer to midnight.

Here are just two of the practical and philosophical crises surrounding biodiversity breakdown.

A glimpse into what a sustainable, inclusive future will look like.

The ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are remnants of the ice age. They’re also the wild cards of climate science.

There are clues to the future and past trapped in Greenland’s ice.

Its scarcity could impact scientific research as well as the high-tech industry.

When it comes to climate change, today’s airplane pollution is a real problem.

Techno-fixes will not get us where we need to be to stop the effects of climate change.

Step one, start the discussion.

Cornell University researchers propose using biology to transform the storage of sustainable energy.

The relentless sun makes life in the Sahara almost unbearable. But could it also be its greatest resource?

By wiping out 1 million species, we are hastening our own extinction.

What does this mean for economies?

While there’s plenty to be worried about, it’s important to remember that we’re making progress, too.

How can we use the resources that are already on the Moon to make human exploration of the satellite as economical as possible?

At high tide each night, bright lights predict the underwater future.

We are destroying who they are.

Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.

Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.

Rwanda is pioneering the regulation and use of drones – such as delivering blood

The Green New Deal is an ambitious attempt to fight climate change, but is it destined to hit the political skids?

Regenerative capitalism challenges the belief that business success and environmental concerns are inherently at odds.