Environment
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Pollution
Toxic metals contaminate over one-sixth of the world’s farmland
Nearly 1.4 billion people live on land contaminated by toxic metals. According to a new study, 17% of the world’s agricultural land may be polluted. For the…
Editorial Team•23 April 2025
Pollution
Europe’s Transport Emissions Finally See a…
Between 2019 and 2024, greenhouse gases from cars, trucks, ships, and planes…
Editorial Team•21 March 2025
Pollution
Waste-to-energy plants in China more polluting…
Waste-to-energy plants in China may emit more CO2 than coal plants due…
Editorial Team•7 March 2025
Pollution
Microplastics in the lungs, found for 1 time in living people
Research from the University of Hull, UK, used spectroscopy to detect tiny plastic fragments. Present in…
8 April 2022
Pollution
Bitcoin in the crosshairs: campaign starts to reduce the energy consumption of…
Bitcoin takes 11 times more energy than rival Ethereum for every single transaction. The reason? Two…
30 March 2022
Pollution
Microplastics found in human blood for the first time
The Immunoplast research project demonstrated that plastic pollution has now also made its way into the…
25 March 2022
Pollution
Historic agreement for the World Plastic Pollution Treaty
The United Nations Environment Assembly passes the first resolution to end global plastic pollution, a key…
15 March 2022
Climate Change
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