Hongpeng Lei, Chief of the Mitigation Branch at UNEP, speaks about how the world can sustainably harness the benefits of ...

2024 was the hottest year on record, causing floods, droughts, wildfires, and other extreme weather events. Experts say lowering carbon emissions can slow the warming trend. So how do we do that? All ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Francesca Dominici is director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative. The World Health Organization 2024 report recently urged ...

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. VIENNA — At the edge of a wide, grassy park in ...

Microplastics are ubiquitous. Though you can’t see them with the naked eye, they’re found almost everywhere — in our food, our cleaning supplies and cosmetics, our water, the air we breathe — and ...

Microplastics are no longer a distant environmental issue—they are part of daily life. These microscopic plastic particles have been found in drinking water, food, household dust, and even human blood ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans view climate change and policies to address the issue. For this analysis, we surveyed 9,593 U.S. adults from Oct. 21 to 27, 2024.

Eating more fish, drinking plenty of water, and flossing your teeth are all undeniably healthy habits. But they may be exposing you to PFAS (sometimes called “forever chemicals”). PFAS, or per- and ...

Share on Pinterest A sediment sample, right, is displayed on the computer screen as Shelly Moore, left, executive director of Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research uses a stereo scope to ...