Ozone as a layer several kilometers up in the atmosphere protects living beings, including humans, from ultraviolet rays. But ...

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk, Grist explains. New research, published in Nature ...

Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) have stabilized after a period of huge growth. Average ...

Experts find that up to 250,000 deaths linked to air pollution in Europe could be prevented by 2050 if emissions are ...

The report highlights how human-induced threats could result in dramatic changes in distribution and diversity of seaweed species and what this could mean for both ocean and human health. A Natural ...

The thousands of satellites operated by companies from Starlink to Telesat will eventually burn up in the atmosphere when ...

Ahead of the UNEP-hosted World Environment Day, here’s a closer look at what plastic pollution is, why it’s such a problem ...

Every year between January and April, South-east Asia is plagued by smog from farmers lighting fires to clear land, emitting microscopic PM2.5 pollution that lines the lungs and enters the ...

As much as we heard of the great amounts of faith that was shown by devotees thronging Kandy, we also heard of the city being polluted by some of them. There is this test of discipline that people ...

Inference, training, and everyday operations all contribute to the considerable water and power consumption required to run ...

MANILA, Philippines – In commemoration of Earth Day ... are currently being conducted in various barangays to build grassroots understanding of water conservation and pollution prevention ...