Every year, Swiss wastewater treatment plants release around 5 tons of microplastics into the environment. That is relatively little: It is estimated that around twice as many microplastic enters ...

Wildfires are rewriting the rules of America's electric utilities. Grids now have to survive—and avoid igniting—wildfires, ...

Carbon emissions from the petrochemical industry could increase by 50 percent by 2050, according to new research from the ...

Solar energy can take many forms, but one of the newest in the United States is balcony solar. Already legal in Maryland and Virginia, with a bill pending in D.C., these compact units offer ...

Low-carbon cement developments are key to sustainable infrastructure, combining natural materials and advanced technologies ...

Biochar's properties may optimize anammox in wastewater treatment, facilitating nitrogen removal and energy efficiency ...

Extreme heatwaves disrupt life in soil. Soil bacteria that produce and resist antibiotics switch into survival mode, temporarily reducing the number of resistance genes. At the same time, heat and ...

Estuaries across the United States are facing the same trends of warming water, algae growth, and declining oxygen concentrations that threaten water quality and fish populations, regardless of ...

An MIT team has demonstrated a more efficient way to extract pure hydrogen gas from hydrogen carrier molecules.

The Water Innovation Fund has launched the seventh Water Breakthrough Challenge, which will award up to £50 million to ...

Deep in a pine-oak forest in northern Alabama, a 140-foot tower rises above the canopy. Equipped with scientific instruments, ...

Water typically moves from the land to the atmosphere through soil evaporation and plant transpiration. This process is ...