Placing an emissions tax on carbon-intensive foods in Germany would drive down the consumption of dairy and meat, and cut the country’s agricultural emissions by almost a quarter, new research finds.

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. If major global cities repurposed human waste as crop fertilizer, it could slash fertilizer imports in some countries by more than half. This discovery, ...

Concerns about EV performance in extreme heat waves might be a thing of the past, thanks to improvements in battery ...

A new life-cycle analysis reveals that bio-based plastics are better for the climate but worse for biodiversity. The greenest ...

As airlines test new routes and researchers refine models, contrails are shifting from an afterthought of flight to a potential tool for cutting the carbon footprint of aviation.

A new experiment shows biochar survives cow digestion largely intact, potentially turning cattle into a vehicle for spreading ...

Researchers have discovered an important clue in the quest to make more biofuel from switchgrass—one which could (speculatively) boost its biomass by over 50% and help accelerate the departure from ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Got some double-sided tape to hang up your holiday decorations? You could use it to generate enough electricity to light up those LED strings. A new study ...

The conversation about reducing carbon dioxide emissions from transportation mostly centers on electrification. But while electric cars are slowly gaining traction around the world, electrifying heavy ...

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 ...

A large untapped source of energy could be right underneath our wheels, a new study shows. Cars parked in underground parking lots throw off so much heat that it warms up groundwater beneath them.

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Awareness of inequality is threaded throughout many conversations about climate change: Some people produce more carbon emissions than others, for example.