What if we turned the food waste problem on its head—and made it a climate solution?
A new study finds that each tonne of food waste recycled, with existing technologies, would reduce carbon emissions by roughly a corresponding tonne.
Apr 2025 11
Emma Bryce
Emma Bryce is a journalist based in London. As well as Anthropocene, her work has appeared in The Guardian, Wired Magazine UK, Audubon Magazine, The New York Times, Ensia, and Yale e360.
Apr 2025 4
Is sustainable intensification an oxymoron? A 9-yr study says maybe not.
A diverse cropping system in the US Corn Belt led to less nitrogen pollution—and an earthworm boom.
Mar 2025 28
What’s the best way to make the tomato industry more carbon-efficient? Hint: It’s not local.
Tomatoes are the most-farmed vegetable in the world. Researchers set out to quantify the carbon footprint of this ballooning industry—and then identify ways to shrink it.
Mar 2025 21
Researchers tested the claim that grass-fed beef is better for the climate—and found it wanting
In fact, they found that per kilogram of beef, pasture-raised cattle are generally more carbon-intensive than cows raised in industrial feedlots.
Mar 2025 14
This deceptively simple design tweak could make people choose vegetables over meat
“Sustainable choices aren’t just about what people want to do, they’re about what’s easy to do,” according to researchers on a new study.
Feb 2025 28
Can the world farm more seafood with less impact?
A new study says the answer is yes. But the best-case scenario sits on a knife-edge of three factors: Location, location, location.
Feb 2025 21
Researchers engineer crops to pluck more CO2 from the air and amp up photosynthesis
Tinkering with the enzyme Rubisco, they created plants that respond to rising levels of atmospheric CO2 with increased photosynthesis—and higher yields.
Feb 2025 14
Study paints a future picture of climate-resilient UK crops: chickpeas, oranges, and even okra
While the portrait that emerges from the unprecedented mapping exercise seems positive at first, on closer inspection it is far more nuanced.
Feb 2025 7
Decades of agricultural innovation has delivered a triple win: more food, more land, more biodiversity
Higher-yielding crops designed to boost food security and farmer incomes have had striking co-benefits for nature, which all stem from the preservation of land, a new study reveals.
Jan 2025 31
Are seaweed farms ready to issue carbon credits?
Perhaps soon. When researchers directly measured carbon beneath commercial seaweed farms, they found it comparable to carbon captured by seagrass and mangroves.
