WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 29: (CHINA OUT) A worker sorts used plastic bottles at a plastics recycling mill which is ceasing production as the global financial crisis starts to bite in China's recycling ...

Artificial intelligence technologies, like chatbots, are attracting growing scrutiny for their voracious energy demands.

Plastic waste is everywhere. Each year, around 400 million metric tons of it end up in landfills and places like oceans, rivers and shorelines. The trash breaks down into tiny pieces called ...

There is no shortage of news about plastic’s ubiquity or its harms. Microplastics are in clouds, drinking water, playgrounds and our blood. Marine mammals are entangled in and ingest plastic at ...

Researchers have developed a way of recycling one of the most popular but environmentally problematic of fabrics: polyester. Their new method is simple, non-toxic for humans and the environment and, ...

As per an analysis by the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), up to 42 percent of India’s PM2.5 is chemically formed in the atmosphere from precursor gases such as sulfur dioxide (SO2) ...

The environment is a major topic of discussion in governments worldwide. Therefore, there is increasing scrutiny of everyday ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. As gas-guzzling cars are replaced by their electric counterparts, tailpipe emissions are on the decline. But ...

With China's fleet of electric vehicles aging rapidly, the need for EV battery recycling has been growing — leading to ...

Stuck. Stuckness. While working on the opening of this article about the creative environment, my mind became fixated on those two words: stuck and stuckness. What do they actually mean? Being the ...

A discarded six-pack of Bud Light sits on a bed of pine needles. Tangled fishing line is ensnared on a log. A stray T-shirt and a pair of shorts are discarded carelessly, while a helium balloon rests ...