Scientists are testing hybrid elkhorn corals bred from Florida and Honduras parents in the wild for the first time. The ...

By simulating a million traffic scenarios, researchers found that apps guiding vehicle speeds at intersections could cut ...

A congested power grid stands in the way of electric vehicles being truly green, but researchers say small, targeted upgrades ...

Millions of toxic e-cig butts are tossed every day. A new study shows they can be recycled into asphalt pellets that boost road durability and cut carbon.

But urine especially reveals the challenge of unlocking this incredible resource: getting to the good stuff means finding a way to deal with liquid — a lot of it. This is where the biochar comes in, a ...

Positive messages about climate action, emphasizing health and the environment, and highlighting global and immediate effects increase support for climate policies across multiple countries, according ...

Flying is the most climate-unfriendly mode of transportation, yet demand for air travel is projected to continue to increase in the coming decades. Researchers are working on replacing jet fuel with ...

A new method to convert a commonly used plastic into oil is more energy-efficient than recycling or burning plastic waste.

Globally, human excreta are a huge untapped source of nutrients. Now, a new perspective paper makes the case that biochar could help to unlock it. The PNAS paper shows that human waste contains over ...

Making ammonia fertilizer is energy and carbon-intensive. New solar-driven method is a low-cost way to recycle the ammonia in farm and industrial runoff that would otherwise become pollution.

New study shows that applying sugarcane-derived biochar to cotton fields offers a sustainable path forward for one of agriculture’s most resource-hungry crops.