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 ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Ultra-bright white paints are the go-to when it comes to cooling buildings. Those paints work by reflecting as much of the sun as they can. An international ...

If you like home runs, you’ll love climate change. As the temperature rises, air resistance goes down. Researchers at Dartmouth College have calculated that human-caused warming led to 58 extra home ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Researchers have employed an unlikely organism—fungi—to make a new type of biodegradable battery. The new 3D-printed fungal battery produces enough ...

In a new spin on green electronics, researchers have made a biodegradable electronic circuit board from tree leaves. Such leaf-based electronics, or “leaftronics” as the team from Dresden University ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Efforts are underway all around the world to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it. Trees, of course, are naturals at this. Over their ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. Communicating the overwhelming scientific consensus about climate change – at least 97% of climate scientists agree that climate change is happening and human ...

How do we feed a growing and more affluent population without the environmental collateral damage? The Anthropocene’s coverage of food and agriculture digs deep into innovations in farming, ...

Many people know about the Yellowstone wolf miracle. After wolves were reintroduced to the national park in the mid-1990s, streamside bushes that had been grazed to stubble by out-of-control elk ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. The idea of a free-ranging cow grazing on lush, grassy hills has elevated the status of pasture-fed beef in consumers’ minds. But now researchers say that ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. We need fertilizer to grow food on industrial scales. And yet, this product is one of the most emissions-intensive aspects of farming. It’s a catch-22 ...

Consider a scoop of ice cream: part of what makes this dessert so delicious is palm oil, a product that comes from vast plantations, which have been linked to millions of hectares of deforestation and ...