When offered a 1-in-10,000 chance of winning $1,000 instead of a guaranteed 10 cent refund, people recycled 47% more bottles.

Situating solar panels on grasslands can boost grass growth by 20% on average—and as much as 90% in some areas—during dry periods. This new research from Colorado in the United States suggests that ...

On each resulting sample of plant pulp, the researchers quantified the carbon content and did a fibre analysis, which showed that beet and potato had a less defined fibre structure than the wheat and ...

One of the most troubling paradoxes of trying to save endangered species is when other animals are killed. Wolves are shot in Canada to rescue ailing caribou. Barred owls are shotgunned in Pacific ...

Unless we change something, by 2050 we will be losing so much food to the impacts of climate change, that we will need to double crop yields from current quantities. Closing this gap will require ...

Tests showed that this worked. Under simulated sunlight with an intensity of 12,000 lux, the perovskite cells achieved an efficiency of 12.7 percent. The best silicon solar cells, by comparison, have ...

Johnston and colleagues have found in the past that these clays can bind significant quantities of highly toxic contaminants. This was surprising because these types of clays are generally ...

Older companies are more environmentally sustainable than younger ones, according to a new analysis. The findings upend popular assumptions of old organizations as hidebound and incapable of change, ...