Stories by David Biello

A climate scientist reflects on what global warming means for extreme weather

Fracking for natural gas doesn’t have to be an environmental disaster, says a new report

Although capture technologies show promise, pulling CO2 out of the air is unlikely to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations soon

Employing novel engineering, materials and psychology, a Swiss team will attempt to soar coast to coast this summer

Doughnuts dusted with nanopowder? Blech! But is it harmful?

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

A new perspective emanating from archaeology and ecology suggests that humanity has spent thousands of years making widespread and profound changes to the "natural" world

Reconfiguring the genetics of the food pathogen E. coli produces hydrocarbons indistinguishable from those burned in trucks

High-security measures of public events like the Boston Marathon may not be feasible--and they could make things worse

A new study suggests that permitting more tar sands oil to flow would raise greenhouse gas pollution by the equivalent of nearly 40 million cars and trucks

The purple sea urchin may be able to evolve to cope with ocean acidification, but that does not mean other species will be able to mimic the trick

Recent pipeline spills may have been caused by the combination of aging infrastructure and new types of oil

Light pollution is blurring out the night sky

New nanowire solar cells achieve record efficiency

Using daylight to save electricity seems obvious, but few office buildings do it

What does de-extinction mean for biology and the environment?