How much wood would a wood car burn if a wood car could burn wood? What's better than a car powered by wood? How about a car powered by wood, made of wood?

Solazyme is making great strides with its biofuels, but their potential impact on greenhouse emissions shouldn’t be exaggerated.

Politically, it would help if we could grow tropical jatropha in the U.S., but this could be an imported fuel we'll welcome at the pumps.

Ethanol from switchgrass, a perennial plant traditionally used for foraging and decoration, promises to be among the next big biofuel breakthroughs marketed as

Scientists have discovered a novel new way of using microwaves to turn orange peels and other plant-based waste into plastic.

Plant waste has been seen as a possible source of sustainable biofuels, now modified E. coli would convert plant waste into fatty acids, and then into fuel.

Your next camping trip should include this camp stove, which is capable of efficiently burning biomass materials like pine needles, small twigs and wood chips.

An new power plant in England turns waste wood into power. But it doesn't burn it.

Researchers claim that using enzymes to convert biomass to hydrogen could yield significantly more energy than current biomass-to-ethanol efforts.

The world's natural rubber comes from Southeast Asia, but the company is using an unassuming Texas bush to make its rubber all-American.

The new bi-fuel car runs on 'biogas,' which is already a big deal in Europe — and it's cheap, too.

With more sophisticated satellite imagery, we can view Earth from space in new, enlightening ways that expand our understanding of the planet.

There are so many things you can do with Raspberry Pi, an amazing, tiny computer.

Greenland's ice sheet is melting so fast it lost 11 billion tons of ice in just a day.

July 2019 was the planet's warmest month since record-keeping began in 1880, according to NOAA.

In 850 A.D., those gathered around a glacial lake perished from one of nature's most deadly phenomena. Or so we thought. New evidence deepens the mystery.

New research suggests zeppelins could replace cargo ships at a fraction of the pollution.

The devastating banana fungus Foc has spread to new parts of the globe.

Climate change is to blame for the loss of cool summer evenings.

In the U.K., magnetic north and true north are about to be in perfect alignment.

Residents of the coastal Southeast are bracing for Hurricane Dorian as this slow-moving storm moves north.

People in the Bahamas are in need of food, water and other emergency supplies after Hurricane Dorian.

Research project BirdCast tracks how hurricanes modify birds' migrations over the Atlantic.

Hurricane Dorian was the strongest storm to ever make landfall in the Bahamas. These photos show the destruction.

Lightning "superbolts" are most common in winter and hit most frequently over water.

If you've ever wondered what hamsters and the French Revolution have to do with the first day of fall, we've got the answers.

New report finds "gradual, long-term changes in climate can also surface a number of different emotions, including, fear, anger, feelings of powerlessness."

While parts of the country were still sweltering, the West was hit by a weekend snowfall.

Between record-setting summer temperatures and a brutal winter forecast, fall seems to be the odd man out.

For four-legged creatures, lightning strikes create an especially lethal ground current.

30 of the world's largest cities have reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Record-setting blizzard called Winter Storm Aubrey is expected to hit the midsection of the U.S., from Colorado to Minnesota.

Community works together to rescue dozens of horses from California wildfire.

Massive storms often trigger earthquake-like seismic activity on the sea floor.

The 2019-2020 winter forecast will likely be milder-than-average, says NOAA, disagreeing with the almanacs' forecasts.

The Royal Meteorological Society, in association with WeatherPro, announces the winners of the 2019 Weather Photographer of the Year competition.

Waterspouts are tornadoes over water that are usually formed by developing rain clouds.

As much as two-thirds of the U.S could be plunged into record-breaking cold, but autumn isn't done yet.

More than 85% of Venice is submerged as high tides swept into the city, with locals and tourists scrambling for safety.

NASA's video shows drastic amounts of arctic ice disappearing over the last 25 years.

Osprey Falls at Yellowstone National Park is starting to freeze as this video shows.

A snowstorm in Sedona, Arizona, turned the place known for its red rocks into a winter wonderland.

Cambridge researchers studying the event say the waterfall in Greenland measured roughly 1,000 meters tall.

Teenager Greta Thunberg wins Time's 2019 Person of the Year award for her work as a climate activist.

A new time-lapse video shows Earth's glaciers in Alaska and the Yukon melting at an accelerated pace.

From temperature to location, so many factors can impact snowfall.

A photographer in Montana filmed bubbles freezing in winter weather, and they resemble snow globes.

Vikings endured a cold-weather catastrophe and may have left a warning on the Rök stone.

A bombogenesis or bomb cyclone is used to describe a nasty storm that rapidly intensifies. Here's what one looks like.

Earth just had its hottest decade on record but scientists warn the warming trends will continue.