New research finds that the global decline of scavengers like hyenas and vultures is putting ecosystems—and human health—at ...

When offered a 1-in-10,000 chance of winning $1,000 instead of a guaranteed 10 cent refund, people recycled 47% more bottles.

Researchers propose a shipboard system combining limestone and seawater to convert CO2 from ship exhaust into highly stable ...

The researchers created a cement paste-like paint composed of a porous calcium silicate hydrate network. The paint replenishes its water supply by absorbing rain and water vapor. And its ...

A study found that solar panels boost grassland productivity—with potential benefits for grazers, and for biodiversity—by up ...

Green roofs can capture nearly all the microplastic particles that contaminate rainwater in modern cities, according to a new study. The findings add to the list of benefits of green roofs, which have ...

A new paper offers a roadmap for integrating crop resilience and carbon mitigation into national and global climate ...

The devices efficiently harvest artificial light, and could charge electronics and wearables. They can also generate electricity on cloudy days.

Conservationists in Scotland successfully fed predators—making them so fat and happy that they no longer bothered killing rare birds.

On each resulting sample of plant pulp, the researchers quantified the carbon content and did a fibre analysis, which showed that beet and potato had a less defined fibre structure than the wheat and ...