Modern-day analogs in Antarctica reveal ponds teeming with life similar to early multicellular organisms.

Today’s carbon capture systems suffer a tradeoff between efficient capture and release, but a new approach developed at MIT can boost overall efficiency.

With projected global warming, the frequency of extreme storms will ramp up by the end of the century, according to a new study.

With the new system, farmers could significantly cut their use of pesticides and fertilizers, saving money and reducing runoff.

New results show with high statistical confidence that ozone recovery is going strong.

MIT engineers propose a new “local electricity market” to tap into the power potential of homeowners’ grid-edge devices.

In a report on the feasibility of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, physicists say these technologies are “not a magic bullet, but also not a no-go.”

MAD Design Fellow Zane Schemmer writes algorithms that optimize overall function, minimize carbon footprint, and produce a manufacturable design.

New findings illuminate how Prochlorococcus’ nightly “cross-feeding” plays a role in regulating the ocean’s capacity to cycle and store carbon.

A new electrode design boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products.