Up until now, only solid materials have offered the ability to capture materials using the filtering power of pores

Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet.

The brilliant Hans Rosling has a data visualization video that helps debunk the myths of the birth and child mortality rates of the so-called developed and developing countries.

As food supplies have tightened, a new geopolitics of food has emerged—a world in which the global competition for land and water is intensifying and each country is fending for itself.

It's not revising up its official targets, but the government is hinting that it may now achieve 225 GW by 2022.

There's symbolism here. Let's hope there's substance too.

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You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.

Lack of rain has reduced potato crop yields to a third of what they usually are.

With a warming climate, the remains of unlucky mountaineers are beginning to rise from the ice.

Ever wonder what it would look like to be in the maw of a snow leopard? Wonder no more.

The most important pollinators on the planet are disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter.

The largest greenhouse gas emitter wants wiggle room when it comes to cutting emissions.

This $2 million project, funded mostly with private money, is billed as the most comprehensive look at the Chicago waterway system since the reversal of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago. This

Humans have never lived with the high CO2 atmospheric conditions of the last 60 years, according to a new study.

A gigatonne of ice here, a gigatonne of ice there... Soon enough we're talking about a meaningful quantity!

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.

Plus a bounty of facts about these freewheeling islands of ice.

Award-winning photographer Sue Flood braved the extremes to bring us this marvelous new book, Emperor: The Perfect Penguin.

What is vinyl? Let's explore how this ubiquitous and versatile plastic is made, what its uses are, and all of its safety concerns.

Once upon a time I put together a guide on how to green your wedding, and I even blogged about my own DIY-flavored eco-wedding. But my darling wife and I have been upstaged by Julia Davis and Andy

Picture having a massive, beautiful expanse of woods near your home. You go there to hike, fish, hunt -- just to enjoy nature. Now picture a highway running through it.

The World Customs Organization and INTERPOL retrieved thousands of endangered animals during a sweep of arrests across 109 countries.

This is how you get people out of cars and build better cities. So what's stopping them?

Our photo of the day reminds us of the importance of sea otters.

Hailed by Rob Hopkins as "possibly the biggest peak oil/climate change/Transition event to take place in the UK", Bristol's Big Event looks set to be a huge collective exploration of the future for this city of 400,000 residents as fossil fuels

Just a reminder to our UK-based readers that Transition City Bristol's Big Event, which we posted on last week, is coming up on Sunday. Billed by Rob Hopkins, originator of the Transition Towns concept, as "Possibly the biggest Peak Oil/Climate

Forever is a very long time.

Nobody should be drinking canned beer. Period. But it is particularly bad for young women.

There is a fundamental logical inconsistency here. Either the stuff is bad for you or it isn't.

It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the

Could strategically-placed rock walls help to re-green the desert?

When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.

Recent rains attributed to a changing climate are leading to mass extinction in the Atacama Desert.

What does it feel like to be an arch? Very different from how it feels like to be a cantilever.

It's why we have to reduce demand as well, with radical efficiency.

Here is another reason to hate the Hudson Yards in New York City.

A Brooklyn dinner party turns "dumpster diving" into an informative meal.

Embedded in a hillside, this eccentric dwelling uses a series of functional ramps that connect all the spaces together.

It's about so much more than getting daily exercise.

Excessive screen time is known to be harmful, and tough times don't justify letting those concerns slip.

Distressing photos received by the Ocean Conservancy show just how helpless marine animals are in the face of drifting nets.

The Lonna Sauna, designed by OOPEAA, warms my heart.

A cluttered apartment room becomes a modern place to sleep and play for three siblings.

Chairs take up a lot of space, but not in this line of space-saving furniture.

Photo credit: Abhijit Tembhekar via Flickr/Creative Commonsdigg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/scientists-develop-rot-proof-apple-stays-fresh-four-months.php';Scientists in Australia have developed an apple that won't rot. Or, won't rot

Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.

School administrators have asked the USDA for greater flexibility in providing emergency meals.

Heart attacks and strokes are virtually unknown among the Tsimane people of the Bolivian rainforest. What can we learn from this?