A biopolymer technology may one day free the world of its worst pollutant

A "gold rush" of seabed mining could lead to unprecedented damage to fragile deep-sea ecosystems

Between 19% and 29% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food production

Global water supplies are shrinking, even as rainfall is rising. The culprit? The drying of soils due to climate change

Tree defense mechanism can also be a "green factory"

Design for system that provides solar- or wind-generated power on demand should be cheaper than other leading options

Climate change intensified the amount of rainfall in recent hurricanes such as Katrina, Irma, and Maria by five to 10 percent

Broken coral from strong waves led to the formation of coral reef islands in the Maldives

Feeding nine billion people will require more food than has been projected

An algorithm has been designed to help generate more revenue for builders and more renewable energy for customers

Researchers used long-term records from more than 100 plots to track the lives of individual trees across the Amazon region

It sounds like something straight out of Alice in Wonderland, but researchers generated mushrooms patterned with energy-producing bacteria and an electrode network