A review of dozens of studies hints that seeding biochar with iron fragments can mop up contaminants, stabilize nutrients, and lower farm emissions.

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The amount of concrete that goes into an average American home's basement wall could hold enough energy to meet the daily ...

Fuel made from trash and food waste can't entirely replace conventional jet fuel—but it could take a big bite out of airlines ...

Beavers have recently enjoyed a makeover as ecological heroes. Their dams and ponds, once destroyed as a pesky source of flooding, are now hailed as water-cleansing oases that do everything from ...

On November 8, according to the United Nations, Earth’s population will pass 8 billion for the first time—on its way to 10 billion half a century from now. It seems obvious that every one of those ...

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Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. In the universe of endangered species, there is a blind spot. These are the organisms called “data deficient,” by the International Union for Conservation of ...