Extracting water from air is slow and energy-intensive. MIT researchers used ultrasonic vibrations to produce water 45 times ...

A review of dozens of studies hints that seeding biochar with iron fragments can mop up contaminants, stabilize nutrients, and lower farm emissions.

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Researchers found that framing uncertain events in negative terms such as “unlikely” could sow confusion about climate ...

The amount of concrete that goes into an average American home's basement wall could hold enough energy to meet the daily ...

Fuel made from trash and food waste can't entirely replace conventional jet fuel—but it could take a big bite out of airlines ...

Beavers have recently enjoyed a makeover as ecological heroes. Their dams and ponds, once destroyed as a pesky source of flooding, are now hailed as water-cleansing oases that do everything from ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. An investigation into organic apple orchards in Australia has made a surprising discovery: their soils are remarkably similar to those of conventional ...

We’ve poured more than 150 million metric tons of plastic garbage into the ocean since 1950. Plastic bits have turned up in places as remote as the bottom of the Mariana Trench, where scientists ...