Nearly a million minutes of recorded sound suggest that paying people to protect forests can restore the complex acoustic signatures of biodiversity.

Thousands of computer simulations show that concrete slabs and beams from demolished buildings can be reused rather than downcycled, aiding the effort to decarbonize the building industry.

Wheat straw and rice husks already appear in niche construction products. A new study explores the global climate effects if ...

Stub, toss, out of sight. Cigarette butts are things people don’t give a second thought, but they are the most common plastic ...

Against the backdrop of Arctic warming, polar bears in Norway’s far north are gaining fat and feeding on new prey—a testament ...

A new global life-cycle analysis finds that if not properly disposed of, biodegradable plastics could increase methane ...

By removing meat subsidies or taxing carbon across all foods, researchers uncovered how small changes in price could unlock ...

Three-in-one strategy uses only carbon dioxide and water to recover 95% of lithium and reuses leftover metals, capturing CO2 ...

Researchers have made a fascinating discovery that the place rainfall derives from—the land or the sea—has huge bearing on how well crops will grow. Rain arising from the ocean, they found, is more ...

With small changes to cellular machinery, researchers may have begun to transform the relationship between plants and the soil. Their new work could help to develop crops that can collaborate with ...

After water, concrete is the most-used material in the world. And now, researchers have given this ubiquitous building material super powers. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team has found a ...

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 ...