The transition to an environmentally sustainable economy has begun, but it will be a generation (about twenty years) before we will see moderation of global warming.

A good battery needs two things: high energy density to power devices, and stability, so it can be safely and reliably recharged thousands of times.

If, as the saying goes, "nothing in life is free," then corals might pay a price for being resilient to climate change.

Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. 

We know less about the rainforest canopy, where most of the world’s species live than we do about the surface of Mars or the bottom of the ocean. 

For approximately 3,000 years, generations of green sea turtles have returned to the same Mediterranean seagrass meadows to eat. 

Coastal forests are increasingly exposed to the effects of climate change and sea level rise.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers used images from a photo-sharing website to identify crude oil train routes across the nation to provide data that could help transportation planners better understand regional impacts.

Many countries consider or have already planned to convert low lying farmland into wetlands and thereby save CO2 emissions.

Stanford engineers Michael Lepech and Zhiye Li have a unique vision of the future: buildings and roads made from plastic waste.