A spritz of nanoparticles could save tomatoes from salty soil
Anthropocene Magazineby Emma Bryce31 Jul 2026
Tomatoes are some of the most widely-produced and consumed crops worldwide. They’re also vulnerable to increasing soil salinity.
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top 47%MIT researchers have designed a recyclable alternative to spandex
Anthropocene Magazineby Anthropocene Team30 Jul 2026
More than 11 million tons of textiles end up in landfills or incinerators every year in the US alone.
How to save giant Sequoias: Burn the forest around it first
Anthropocene Magazineby Warren Cornwall29 Jul 2026
Giant sequoias are built to live with fire. Their thick, spongy bark shields the underlying wood from flames.
Do small climate habits help or hurt the bigger cause? What a 4-year study found.
Anthropocene Magazineby Sarah DeWeerdt28 Jul 2026
Small, everyday environmentally friendly behaviors don’t distract people from taking more meaningful collective action or supporting policies to limit climate change, according to a new study.
Researchers use hemp, rock dust and biochar to scrub forever chemicals from farm soils
Anthropocene Magazineby Emma Bryce24 Jul 2026
A growing problem of modern industrial agriculture is the accumulation of ‘forever chemicals’ like PFAS in the soil.
Battery-like device sucks carbon dioxide out of thin air
Anthropocene Magazineby Anthropocene Team23 Jul 2026
Emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is easy. Pulling it back out? Not so much. Researchers have now developed a battery-like device that captures carbon dioxide from air by using a charging...
Obeying the speed limit would save 57,000 tons of carbon a day. It would cost you 54 seconds.
Anthropocene Magazineby Sarah DeWeerdt21 Jul 2026
If drivers of gasoline cars refrained from speeding, they would collectively save an average of 57,000 metric tons of carbon emissions every day in the United States—while spending less than a...
A new entrant in the plant-protein race: The marigold
Anthropocene Magazineby Emma Bryce17 Jul 2026
We occasionally use flowers to decorate food, but few people would think of flowers themselves as food.
Scientists turned coffee grounds into biochar fuel in 90 seconds
Anthropocene Magazineby Anthropocene Team16 Jul 2026
Millions of people around the world drink coffee to boost their energy. Researchers in South Korea have now given new meaning to the concept of coffee as fuel.
This tiny bottle cap traveled 1,500 kilometers. It had 307 hitchhikers aboard.
Anthropocene Magazineby Warren Cornwall15 Jul 2026
Sometimes a big story can be told with a very small object. Take the hazards of plastic pollution in the ocean, and a single bottle cap floating in the Pacific Ocean near Japan.
The surprising upside of asking people to use less energy
Anthropocene Magazineby Sarah DeWeerdt14 Jul 2026
A variety of climate action strategies improve people’s quality of life, including strategies that require people to shift their behavior to use less energy, according to a new analysis.
The climate fix isn't cutting all meat—It's targeting the people who eat the most.
Anthropocene Magazineby Emma Bryce10 Jul 2026
By 2050, Scotland could reduce its meat intake by 35%, just by tweaking the diets of its highest meat consumers, a new study has found.
Recycling that rescues dolphins
Anthropocene Magazineby Warren Cornwall8 Jul 2026
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are protected from hunting in most places these days. But that doesn’t mean they’re safe from fishing.