Using officially documented research and color-it-yourself data visualizations, this project aims to convey climate change data in an engaging way.

Carbon sequestration, the technology taking carbon dioxide out of fossil fuel emissions, just got a boost

Barley is a key ingredient in beer and cannot withstand rising temperatures and longer droughts.

"Chatangora" — that's what Simpsonville, South Carolina-based business Catty Shack Creations is calling "cat hair yarn" — used to create affordable, one-of-a-kind handbags from Persian and Angora cat hair. Professional groomer Danelle

It's time to talk about ... wait for it ... the problem with hangers.

Quebec architects propose a 48-storey tower in a forest, "a new relationship between humans and their natural habitat."

The future of green building depends on what comes out of our soil.

It also can put people back to work and save our forests.

Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother?

Electric vehicles have come a long way in the last few years, steadily gaining acceptance as a practical and sustainable form of transportation. This is especially true in cities, where most trips are short and space is at a premium.

It appears that drivers of fancy cars are more likely to go through pedestrian crosswalks

A prototype SUV from BMW reportedly gets 62 MPGe, far more than a Toyota Prius. It also comes with some sweet features

If you'd like a close-up view of the BMW i8 electric sports car manufacturing process, here are the goods.

Ed. note: This is now the seventh post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on and

The cost of electricity is going up (both in dollars and in environmental and health impacts). Here are some tips for reducing your costs and impacts.

We all have to change the way we live or we are in big trouble. But let's be real about it.

Minimizing your footprint is nice. Maximising your impact is better.

The Bitcoin is the Hummer of speculative vehicles; let's hope it doesn't make it to its Bar Mitzvah.

Natural materials are the only ones that sequester carbon rather than produce it.

The latest UN report on sustainable development reads like the TreeHugger archive, in terms of sustainable development solutions.

Opposition from the G77 Nations and the Vatican led to the removal of the words 'reproductive rights' from the Rio+20 text, leaving in 'acceptable modern methods of family planning'.

Matt Ridley might be right about the world not ending on December 21 this year. But the rest of the article is delusional.

Women are more affected by climate disruption worldwide, so their voices must be heard.

Now that's progress...

From soothing stress to providing weird minerals you didn't know you need, iced tea provides more than just a refreshing boost.

In anticipation of a new retrospective at the Whitney, "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, " Elizabeth Kolbert writes in the New Yorker, quoting Fuller about the need for innovation:

There is too much oil in the ground there just to leave it, so what about the carbon dioxide and the natural gas consumption. We will just throw some high tech at it; problem solved.

Robert Rubin saves " the last, monumental prototype that Bucky was working on when he died".

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects figure out how to square the circle.

Apparently people are eating less of it.

A last-minute menu change has switched out fish for mushrooms.

Every company should have to do this– more useful information that consumers need.

A taste-test between the two kinds of fat had a surprising outcome.

The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

Who would have thought our canine companions could have allergies to a carnivorous diet?

Women may sleep better next to dogs than people

I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.

A group of the drones were sent to fly around the massive mountain and take HD photos that were then made into a rich 3D model.

The wind has never been this beautiful...

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...

A concept water bottle pulls water from the air like the Namib Desert Beetle.

A new cheap, lightweight sponge-like gel can quickly and efficiently disinfect drinking water for disaster victims.

You may think you're ingesting a safe, clean product, but you're really putting synthetic microfibers into your body.

We are going backward, not forward.

It seems that the biggest Saudi field is losing its punch.

Hear me out...

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