Researchers have made wallpaper that generates power from indoor humidity
HVAC systems burn energy pulling moisture out of the air. This wallpaper does the opposite: It cut humidity while generating electricity.
There’s more than one answer to these questions.
The Anthropocene already exists in our heads
Even if it’s now officially not a geological epoch.
The race is on to build an AC unit that doesn’t cook the planet
There’s a $1 million prize for anyone that can design a room air conditioner that costs no more than twice what a standard one costs and produces five times less greenhouse gas
It's time to upgrade not just our technology, but also our collective imagination.
Discover Anthropocene’s newest and most forward-looking project: Climate reporting from the future. Live story-telling events and online stories.
Textbook climate coverage is expanding; solutions coverage is shrinking
In a new study, researchers propose four ways to improve climate change coverage in college biology classes
How We Think about E-Waste Is in Need of Repair
China and Ghana are looking less and less like electronic wastebaskets and more and more like leaders in a powerful, informal green economy
The humble peanut reveals how seed sharing makes crops more resilient in a warming world
The presence of wild peanut traits in modern crops has enabled farmers to cut back on fungicides and other chemical treatments, and even reduce fuel use and emissions.
Discarded electronics could become a huge source of gold in the United States. Here’s how.
In a first, researchers assessed the kinds of electronics that will be discarded in the future and the materials they contain to see how a national e-waste recycling strategy might pan out.
We’re getting better at putting big predators back into wild places
New research shows measures such as acclimation pens and using wild-born animals helps reintroductions succeed.
It’s an unsinkable idea
The concept of settling the high seas is back—this time as a sustainable answer to sea-level rise, with an impressive team and UN support.
Can ecological collapse be undone? China is making a bold move on the Yangtze River.
China’s unprecedented fishing ban is reversing years of biodiversity loss in the Yangtze, raising questions about the possibility—and cost—of restoration.
The perfect antidote to the infinite scroll
Anthropocene in Print
Select Writers:
Kate Gammon
What if the future of mining looked like a farm?
Peter Fairley
Shipping solar power at the speed of a freight train
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.
Veronique Greenwood
AI is making an adventurous and sustainable plant diet possible
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.
Gregory Barber
Heat percolates upward from the Earth’s core everywhere in the world. So why can’t geothermal power be tapped everywhere, too?
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