Nov 30, 2022 09:30AM
A legally autonomous black gum tree named Terra0 on the campus of the Community College of Allegheny County owns itself and perhaps even the few square feet of land it grows on.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide pumped into a mature forest at levels predicted to be the norm by 2050 will cause trees to produce more and longer roots, thus absorbing and storing more carbon.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that average global wind speeds could drop by up to 10 percent by 2100.
With the passage of a recent law, California will be the fifth state, along with Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Vermont, to allow human composting, beginning in 2027.
One pound of sulfur hexafluoride, an electrical insulator, heats the planet as much as 25,200 pounds of carbon dioxide and remains in the atmosphere for 3,200 years.
Oct 31, 2022 09:30AM
A new study shows that urban gardens and hydroponics can thrive and may exceed the yields of rural farms.
20 states have passed bills to exempt chemical recycling facilities from waste management requirements, despite evidence that most facilities actually incinerate the plastic they receive.
Google has taken a key driver of global warming out of the carbon calculator embedded in the company’s Google Flights search tool, making journeys appear less impactful on the environment.
Facing threats from invasive pests, climate change and habitat loss, up to 135 tree species—about one-sixth of those found in the continental U.S.—could be lost forever.
Scientists have produced good-quality concrete in which all of the aggregate has been replaced with tire particles.
