When researchers looked at the trade-off between reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels and increasing dependence on ...

A new study reveals significant changes in the global freshwater oxygen cycle. Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren’t just beautiful features of the landscape, they’re vital to life on Earth.

The sharp change across the base of the proposed Anthropocene series (1952 CE) in varved sediments from Crawford Lake is recorded by numerous proxies of the Great Acceleration reflecting nuclear ...

But that label is outdated, some experts say. They argue for “Anthropocene”—from anthropo, for “man,” and cene, for “new”—because human-kind has caused mass extinctions of plant ...

Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren't just scenic parts of our landscape -- they're also vital engines for life on Earth. These inland waters 'breathe' oxygen, just like we do. But a new study ...

A new study demonstrates how flattening the curve of energy use over a 24-hour period could ease stress on the grid.

Human influence on the climate started even before the Industrial Revolution. Print Collector/Getty Images ...

The wish, need or preference to pin down a precise official start date for the Anthropocene is curious. The boundary between the preceding epochs, the Pleistocene and Holocene, says Encyclopaedia ...