Recycling the disposable masks that were ubiquitous during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic may seem odd, but they are blowing down our streets, filling our landfills and polluting our water. Read on to discover some unusual ways entrepreneurs are upcycling these materials. 

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a shift developed between human and animal activity — with no humans around, animals returned to old ecosystems. Read on to learn more about this phenomenon and discover how it relates to water quality.

Drought and the war in Ukraine are major disruptions to the world’s wheat supply. And livestock is feeling the heat as they struggle to gain weight. Water conservation is one answer to the drought situation, but many areas of the United States don’t have the incentive to curtail water use.

With our level of energy use, no one single renewable energy source can provide all the energy needed in U.S. homes. However, wood-burning boiler systems can be a sustainable energy resource — much more prevalent in many areas than solar or wind energy.

Mining e-waste rather than the Earth for all the precious metals we need to make our new gadgets.

One cryptocurrency transaction uses more energy than the average U.S. household does in a month. 

A legal battle between oil companies and the city and county of Honolulu is coming to a head as a state judge allowed a lawsuit to proceed. 

Batteries are a key piece of technology missing on the path to a future of sustainable energy. Homes need a better way to store electricity to avoid peak utility demand periods. 

Not all rivers flow to an ocean. Some rainfall finds its way to dead seas, places where a stream of water reaches its lowest elevation and stops moving. 

The life of the incandescent bulb has been turbulent. However, the end of the road may be in sight: The LED bulb is here to stay.