Environment

Climate Change
9 out of 16 climate tipping points at risk under current policies
A new study recalculates the link between the climate crisis and tipping points: under today's trajectory, there is a 62% chance of triggering most of them
Editorial Team•28 April 2025

Pollution
Toxic metals contaminate over one-sixth of…
Nearly 1.4 billion people live on land contaminated by toxic metals. According…
Editorial Team•23 April 2025

Climate Change
Earth Day 2025: Spotlight on Renewable…
On April 22, millions around the world will unite to celebrate Earth…
Editorial Team•22 April 2025

Pollution
Microplastics compromise the structure of DNA
Enea and CNR test the genotoxic effect of microplastics on plants and animals. The result is…
24 April 2023

Environment
Climate change: the planet has lost its balance
Earth’s energy imbalance continues to grow. Sign that we are not managing to control climate change
21 April 2023

Environment
Is it possible to stop deforestation with $130 billion a year?
Finance alone is not enough. In addition to money, we must reduce the consumption of goods…
19 April 2023

Pollution
Stop new plastic pollution from 2040, the promise of the G7
The Environment Ministers meeting in Japan signed a commitment not to produce new plastic pollution in…
18 April 2023

Environment
In 2100, 1/7 of the global oceans will be affected by permanent…
A Chinese study calculates the variation in frequency, intensity and geographical distribution of sea heat waves…
13 April 2023

Environment
In March, global warming hit +0.51°C: only worse in 2016
Last month the global mercury column reached +0.51°C, as in 2019. The record still holds in…
12 April 2023

Environment
Melting glaciers can run at 600 meters per day
A study by the University of Newcastle analyzes 7,600 corrugation ridges scattered over 30,000 km2 of…
7 April 2023

Pollution
Phantom emissions from the Gulf of Mexico: oil & gas pollutes 2…
A study conducted by the University of Michigan compares national inventory data with data collected by…
6 April 2023

Environment
In 2100, deaths from extreme heat in the Middle East and North…
Meeting the less ambitious target of the Paris agreement would allow the death rate to be…
4 April 2023

Environment
We are close to the points of no return of the Greenland…
A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research identifies two tipping points beyond which…
31 March 2023

Pollution
From leukemia to premature births, the 1st systematic study on the impact…
The production of ever-increasing volumes of plastic is the number one problem. Between 1950 and 2019…
29 March 2023

Environment
Trees’ response to climate change: leaves last 1 month longer
A study by Ohio State University compared the observations of a local farmer on 7 species…