Environment

Bill Weihl made Facebook green. Now he's eyeing a bigger fight.

Researchers created a material that can double an electric car's driving range

Video shows new method for detecting snow created by cloud seeding

A billion-year-old seaweed fossil has completely rewritten ancient history

Anti-bacterial duck semen is evolving the species in a way that's totally unexpected

No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we’re only ever one step from system collapse

Can you recycle shoes? 4 climate-friendly ways to trash your old sneakers

Tesla leads movement away from scarce resource found in electric car batteries

A new kind of solar panel has a poisonous problem

"Wonder gases" of the 1920s are doing something unexpected today

Viral video researcher reveals the fascinating glacier science behind it

Can better tracking save India’s endangered lions?

Report reveals the 10 best countries for kids to grow up in now

The air around us contains energy. Researchers figured out how to capture it.

Wood could be the next petroleoum

Where to recycle plastic bags near you? Your guide based on where you live

Which houseplants purify air? A 1989 NASA study has the answers

Why Zealandia is so different from other continents

Dinosaurs: New study upends a belief many learned in elementary school

How to watch Joaquin Phoenix's star-studded climate change film

Study reveals food waste is worse than we thought — and which group is most to blame

Beyond flight shaming: Scientists propose fix for flying's climate problem

Best houseplants for beginners — 7 resilient plants that survive neglect

Time-lapse video captures massive iceberg breaking off glacier in Antarctica

Scientists find 240-year-old pollution from humans at ‘highest point on Earth’

Trees in the Amazon contain untold stories of human history — study

Nano-packaging could keep your food fresh for a crucial amount of time

Do houseplants really clean the air? Yes, but there's more you should know

Water filters are bad at one incredibly important job, study shows

Rise and shine: NASA mission captures aerial view of plants waking up

Which type of bird feeder is best? 6 types for 4 seasons

16 unique animals that could go extinct by 2030 -- and how to change that

Synthetic gas could be as cheap as fossil fuels by 2022–report

Scientists find a new trippy link between psychedelics and climate change

Pablo Escobar's chaotic hippos are living their best life, but there's a huge downside

The electric Hummer is here to sustainably crush everything in its path

Get rid of CO₂: 5 ways to turn it into something productive

Dinosaurs literally walked on fire — study

Amazon employees are risking their jobs to speak out about climate change

Future 50 by Inverse: 50 people who will be forced for good in the 2020s

This common beauty item could be the next big biofuel

5 tech fixes that could save us from climate change

Inverse Daily: Carbon-neutral by 2050

inverse daily: flying taxis pipe dream

One of the biggest benefits of the vegetarian diet may not be that big

This living building material could offer a green alternative to concrete

Batteries made with sulfur could be cheaper, greener, and hold more energy

Air pollution historian: "These past weeks have been a shock"

Power of photosynthesis used to send signals to satellites

Climate change is killing one of nature's most famous survivalists