
Celebrating Earth on Earth Day: A Few Favorite Places
From recycling to energy use, new strategies are needed to ensure a more sustainable future

Celebrating Earth on Earth Day: A Few Favorite Places

Happy Earth Day! Welcome to the Anthropocene
Scientists are suggesting that the present day is part of a new era in the planet's history. David Biello reports

The Earth Beneath Our Feet

Oil Habit Unchanged on Two-Year Anniversary of BP's Gulf of Mexico Spill

Earth Day 2012: The Best and Worst Pronouncements

Trash Reap: 10 Surprising Recycling Efforts--from Bras to Crayons [Slide Show]
This guide, in observance of Earth Day 2012, helps consumers move well beyond the throw-it-out mentality

Small Reactors Make a Bid to Revive Nuclear Power
Can small, LEGO-like reactors help create better prospects for the nuclear industry?

A Tour of the U.S.'s Clean Energy Future [Slide Show]
The third annual ARPA-E summit showcases potentially transformative energy technologies

New Energy-Dense Battery Could Enable Long-Distance Electric Cars
Material changes enable a new battery to store more electricity--and could boost the driving range of electric vehicles

Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol
A genetically modified strain of common gut bacteria may lead to a new technology for making biofuels that does not compete with food crops for arable acreage

Can We Feed the World and Sustain the Planet?
A five-step global plan could double food production by 2050 while greatly reducing environmental damage

A Scientific Argument for Intervening in Nature
The science behind moving species under threat from climate change

Feed the World, Save the Planet

Celebrate Earth Day: Buy! Buy! Buy!

Another Inconvenient Truth: The World's Growing Population Poses a Malthusian Dilemma
Solving climate change, the Sixth Great Extinction and population growth... at the same time

Maul of the Wild: Sixth Extinction Wipes out Animals Worldwide
Extinction juggernaut races across the globe