The same proteins that keep a frozen pint smooth also make its fat hard to recover. A research team found an inexpensive way around the problem.

In a bid to cool people, not rooms, engineers made a printable fabric that turns body motion into electrical signals that ...

Kids leave diapers behind nearly a year later than they did in the 1950s. With 300,000 disposable diapers tossed every minute ...

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 ...

Hobbled by a lack of data, scientists have been unable to track biodiversity across much of the planet. A new initiative ...

From stories about pioneering work in solar fuels and carbon capture, to building resilient coastal infrastructure, to how the insurance industry is rewriting risk management strategies, Anthropocene ...

In a world of breakneck environmental change, the Arctic is in a class of its own. Temperatures there are rising nearly four times faster than the global average. The ice that once reliably covered ...

Frozen food worldwide is still kept at −18°C (0°F). Raising that by just three degrees could avoid 17 million tons of emissions a year, and an 18-month study found most foods stay safe and tasty. Sit ...

Wetland plants grown on the surface of wastewater treatment lagoons can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from these water bodies by more than one-quarter, according to a new study. These so-called ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. In everyday life, plastic is unremarkable. In the big picture, though, plastic is mind-boggling – the agent of “a singular uncontrolled experiment on a global ...