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

Water Management
UN conference on water, Guterres: 4 priorities to better manage the “lifeblood…
At the first international conference on water for decades, the UN Secretary General tries to whip…
24 March 2023

Water Management
Quechua hummingbird to celebrate World Water Day 2023
This year the theme of the day was "accelerating change" to put the Planet back on…
23 March 2023

Pollution
Elon Musk, the light pollution of satellites and the future of astronomy
In a series of speeches on Nature Astronomy, dozens of astronomers denounce the impact of the…
21 March 2023

Environment
The new IPCC Synthesis Report: we are still in time to slow…
On 20 March, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change presented the synthesis of the 6th Assessment…
20 March 2023

Pollution
Record in February, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest marks +61.8%
The data of the DETER satellite monitoring system, managed by the National Institute for Space Research…
14 March 2023

Pollution
Let’s tackle space pollution before it’s too late
There are 7,000 satellites in orbit, rising to 60,000 in 2030. And billions of debris and…
10 March 2023

Pollution
Methane leaks, who are the biggest polluters of 2022?
US, Russia and Turkmenistan are responsible for the largest number of methane leaks from fossil fuel…
8 March 2023

Environment
The tipping point of carbon in the oceans
The key to understanding how and how the ability of the oceans to absorb CO2 will…
7 March 2023

Environment
Proven link between deforestation and less abundant rain
A study by the University of Leeds has succeeded for the first time in identifying a…
2 March 2023

Environment
90 scientists want to clear geoengineering: “More research on solar radiation management”
In an open letter about 90 climate scientists launch an appeal to increase funding for research…
1 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Eight robot bees to save an entire ecosystem, Durham’s bet
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and micro-robotics. These are the ingredients of RoboRoyale, the EU-funded project that…
28 February 2023

Pollution
Methane emissions: 135 million tonnes for the energy industry
The commitment of the fossil industry is lame but the IEA shows how the oil and…