Blending scrap tires with concrete rubble for sustainable, durable roads
Recycled road-making material could keep tons of waste out of landfills and reduce carbon dioxide emissions
To prevent future pandemics, invest in forests
Between 2005 and 2012, Brazil brought its deforestation rates down by 70%. If we do that elsewhere, we could greatly reduce the risk of new pandemics.
Tinted solar panels produce better basil—and more electricity
Researchers made the unexpected discovery that the basil and spinach grown under tinted panels were considerably higher in protein
Biophony
Soundscape ecology plunges us into a wilder world beyond the mundane and merely visualAmphibious Architecture
Amphibious structures are not static; they respond to floods like ships to a rising tide, …The Circular Economy Made Real
In more and more pockets of the industrial landscape, the byproducts of one process are …On Wizardly Prophets and Prophetic Wizards
Ted Nordhaus reviews The Wizard and The Prophet by Charles Mann
Anthropocene is honored to be recognized in Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards
The awards celebrate the businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that have the potential to effect true systems change or solve wicked problems.
Current Issue
A View from Everywhere All the Time by W.Wayt Gibbs
…………………………….
How different are we after all? by Brandon Keim
…………………………….
Saltwater Aquaculture Moves Inland by Laura Poppick
…………………………….
Trying to make nature valuable has had a disappointing track record by R. David Simpson
…………………………….
These Buildings Generate More Energy Than They Use by Lucy Wang
Back Issues >>
The Resurgence of Solar Agriculture
Can farmers get the same food production under solar panels that they currently do growing lettuce for your dinner table the old-fashioned way—directly under the sun? There’s an increasing body of research suggesting that they can.
Instead of Trump’s Wall, Let’s Build a Border of Solar Panels
A solar border would alleviate a range of binational problems. For one, it would have a civilizing effect.
We should be measuring the footprint of supply chains
Attributing water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions to countries rather than industrial sectors is a leading example of how the supply chain world warps geography.
This Is Roquette Science
How computerized arugula (aka roquette) farms take over the world
Eyes on the High Seas
Illegal fishing is getting harder, thanks to public surveillance from space
Instead of Trump’s Wall, Let’s Build a Border of Solar Panels
A solar border would alleviate a range of binational problems. For one, it would have a civilizing effect.
A Symbol for The Anthropocene
There could be more than 60 billion of them on the planet
Writers:
David Quammen
What if evolution isn’t linear, as Charles Darwin proposed when he first sketched the tree of life?
Emily Anthes
Amphibious architecture responds to floods like ships to a rising tide, floating on the water’s surface.
Oliver Morton
The godlike powers of geoengineering irrevocably change the human’s relationship with Planet Earth.
Frances Cairncross
What is the optimal rollout of carbon taxes and research subsidies to speed up the transition to a low-carbon economy?
David Biello
Welcome to the brave new world of artificial intelligence for conservation.
Veronique Greenwood
The rise of fast fashion and the technology that needs to change to keep your clothes out of the garbage.
Fred Pearce
Some economies may be quietly, and surprisingly approaching a phenomenon economists call “peak stuff.
Akshat Rathi
What if we could transform cement from a climate wrecker into a carbon sponge?
Ted Nordhaus
The climate change apocalypse problem
Andrew Revkin
The word “anthropocene” has become the closest thing there is to common shorthand for this turbulent, momentous, unpredictable, hopeless, hopeful time—duration and scope still unknown
Vandana Singh
How might science fiction constructively contribute to the Human Age?
Reader-Supported Journalism
Anthropocene is reader-supported journalism. That means that a significant portion of our operating costs comes from people like you—that is people who believe that it is time to start talking about environmental solutions, not just problems. Membership comes with benefits including high-end print editions, conversations with authors, and networking opportunities.
Daily Science
We pore through stacks of peer-reviewed journals so you don’t have to. Our Daily Science posts provide short, sharp summaries of the most compelling sustainability science research from around the world—a compendium found nowhere else.
Sponsorships
Organizations and businesses can support independent reporting within an editorial beat, such as climate, health, biodiversity, and cities.
FAQs
What happened to Conservation magazine? I have an article idea. How can I contribute? What’s the status of my membership?
Anthropocene is sponsored by
Funding is provided by the National Science Foundation along with a worldwide network of supporting members.