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This New Coating Repels Oil Like Teflon Without the Nasty PFAs

An ultra-thin coating mimics Teflon’s performance—minus most of its toxicity.

To Fight Invasive Pythons in the Everglades Scientists Turned to Robot Rabbits

Scientists are unleashing robo-rabbits to trick and trap giant invasive snakes

The AI Boom Is Thirsty for Water — And Communities Are Paying the Price

What if the future of artificial intelligence depends on your town running out of water?

What If We Built Our Skyscrapers from Wood? It's Just Crazy Enough to Work (And Good for the Planet)

Forget concrete and steel. The real future is wood.

Melting Glaciers May Unleash Hundreds of Dormant Volcanoes and Scientists Are Worried

Glacier retreat is triggering more explosive eruptions, with global consequences

Glass bottles shed up to 50 times more microplastics into drinks than plastic or cans -- and the paint on the cap may be to blame

Glass bottles may surprisingly release more plastic particles than plastic ones.

A Massive Study Just Proved Plastic Bag Bans Actually Work

Reductions in shoreline litter offer rare good news.

This Plastic Dissolves in Seawater and Leaves Behind Zero Microplastics

Japanese scientists unveil a material that dissolves in hours in contact with salt, leaving no trace behind.

The oceans are so acidic they're dissolving the shells of marine creatures

We've ignored ocean acidification for far too long.

A Unique Light-Sensitive Resin Could Make 3D Printing Faster and Cleaner

Smart resin forms tough parts with UV light and dissolvable supports with visible light. This dual nature can make 3D printing waste-free.

Frog Saunas Offer a Steamy Lifeline Against a Deadly Amphibian Pandemic

For some frog species, sitting in a hot brick could mean the difference between life and death.

America’s Cities Are Quietly Sinking. Here's Why

Land subsidence driven by groundwater overuse is putting millions at risk.

The world’s largest wildlife crossing is under construction in LA, and it’s no less than a miracle

But we need more of these massive wildlife crossings.

50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine

When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses. The term “ecocide” had […]

America’s Cornfields Could Power the Future—With Solar Panels, Not Ethanol

Small solar farms could deliver big ecological and energy benefits, researchers find.

In 2013, dolphins in Florida starved. Now, we know why

The culprit is a very familiar one. It's us.

Beavers Built a $1.2M Dam for Free — And Saved a Czech River

A Czech project that was stalled for years is now completed — by beavers.

Fiji is already relocating villages because of climate change

Dozens of villages have to move or be destroyed.

AI is becoming a bigger and bigger problem for the climate. Can "digital sobriety" help?

Artificial intelligence might not take your job, but it can use up all your water and electricity.

A Fungal Disease Killing Bats Is Linked to Thousands of Infant Deaths in the US

When bats die in large numbers, it adversely affects our farmers, food, and kids.

New study says China uses 80% artificial sand. Here's why that's a big deal

No need to disturb water bodies for sand. We can manufacture it using rocks or mining waste — China is already doing it.

The Paris Olympics Torch Burns Green -- Why "83 bottles of wine per person" is not that much

Experts calclate the Olympics' impact at 31 beef burgers or 83 bottles of wine per person.

A simple trick could cut down global food waste by half: Just look at the “cold chains”

Optimizing the global refrigerated supply chain can help us save a lot of food, feed millions of hungry people, and protect our climate.

Making cement and bricks out of the gemstone olivine could cut CO2 emissions by 11 percent

Cement and clay bricks could be replaced with olivine-based alternatives.

Meet Mammoth, the world’s largest vacuum that now sucks thousands of tons of carbon out of the air

We'll need many more such Mammoths if we're serious about climate change.

London just built a massive sewage tunnel to clean up its poop problem

The tunnel is large enough to fit three buses side by side.

This couple's farm wasn't generating any profits. Then, they turned it into a wildland

22 years ago, a couple switched from modern farming to wildland farming. Here is how this decision transformed the lives of many life forms.

Is python meat a sssustainable alternative to industrial meat from farm animals?

Pythons can provide large volumes of high-protein meat, and with a lower carbon footprint. So, would you like to try some?

Scientists figured out a way to recycle clothes — without needing to burn them

The technology separates fibers in the clothes, allowing them to be used again.

Beaches and dunes are under assault — and our cities are the culprits

Researchers call for further protection by designating natural reserves

New hydrogel system could help us clean micropollutants from water quickly and sustainably

While still in early stages, the researchers are working to make it commercially available

Scientists boost plant disease resistance by engineering their microbiome

It could eventually lead to lower use of pesticides in agriculture

Creating an image with AI uses as much energy as charging your smartphone

Researchers look at how much power AI tools need to do what seem like simple tasks

Free-ranging domestic cats are wreaking havoc on wild species

Domestic cats when allowed to roam outside kills hundreds of wild animals that are already at risk of extinction.

More grass, less asphalt. The best recipe for trees to provide ecosystem services

Study looks into how trees could provide the most benefits in our urban spaces.

Cigarette butts cost the world $26 billion per year in environmental damage

Researchers call to ban the sale of plastic cigarette filters

Could rice husk and newspapers create a new sustainable insulation material?

It could help bring down the environmental impact of the construction sector

Mapping Mogens: A researcher's cat adventures revealed through science

Do you know what your cat is doing?

Coal particle pollution is twice as deadly as that from other sources

Pollution from coal-fired power plants is much more deadly than previously thought. But there is also some very good news.

The ultra-rich and ultra-polluting: Richest 1% emit as much greenhouse gas as two-thirds of mankind

Report calls to fairly tax the super-rich to curb climate change and inequality

Before humans, Europe was a very different continent

Researchers call to reassess what our idea of what European nature is

Researchers are rushing to cryofreeze at-risk plants and save them from extinction

Native plants in Australia are in grave danger due to a fungal disease. Here is how cryopreservation might save them.

Sunflowers “see” the sun in a completely different way than we thought

The plants don’t use conventional processes to follow the sun.

Bitcoin is even worse for the environment than we thought

It's not just greenhouse gas emissions. Bitcoin is affecting land and water quality, too.

A warning from Sable Island: small islands may be losing their water lifeline

Study looks at Sable Island as an example of what is happening to many other islands

In just seven years, this island went from barren to blossoming

Wild goats and rats used to rule Redonda. Now, the island is a symbol of rewilding.

The Mayans mastered water management. What can we learn from them?

Study looks at water reservoirs that were in use for over 1,000 years

This humble creature helps produce more grains than Russia

They don’t just keep the soils healthy -- they do much more.

The world's largest flower is in terrible danger. These researchers want to save it

The group is way more threatened than previously assumed.

Human activity is chopping up the tree of life: we're hacking off entire branches through extinction

We are "mutilating" the tree of life and this has implications for human society

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