Environment

BBCIn a gleaming laboratory in Edinburgh, robotic machines whirr and mix. The final product that they are creating will be a pine-smelling chemical that can be used as an ingredient in perfumes. But the starting point is very different:...

(Editors note: We are continuing to cover the Los Angeles fires. Scroll down for more on the latest.)Societies have used nutrient-rich human waste as fertilizer for centuries. But sewage today is different. That’s because we’ve flooded the environment with...

Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes across the Los Angeles area in January 2025. Given the fires’ locations, and lack of lightning at the time,...

Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes across the Los Angeles area in January 2025. Given the fires’ locations, and lack of lightning at the time,...

Many people around the globe are living in energy poverty, meaning they spend at least 8 percent...

For many industrial processes, the typical way to separate gases, liquids, or ions is with heat, using...

The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed more than 10,000 structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue to battle the infernos. Parts of Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and other California communities are...

This week’s fires around Los Angeles present a puzzle: Why is California, the state best equipped to deal with wildfires, seemingly unable to prevent blazes from consuming entire chunks of the country’s second-largest city?California’s building code for wildfires is...

Does the United States have a “moral responsibility” for providing aid to poor nations — which have...

Awed as a young child by the majesty of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, civil...