Environment
Pollution
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
Greenhouse gas emissions “pollute the marine environment”: Itlos ruling
The advisory opinion of the independent UN body does not legally oblige states to reduce their…
29 May 2024
Pollution
What does it take to reduce the levels of microplastics in the…
A study published in Environmental Research Letters estimates that even cutting 20% of the world’s plastic…
28 May 2024
Scientific Reports
There is an unprecedented amount of plastic pollution in the oceans
CleanHub’s study puts all the numbers of plastic pollution in the oceans on the streets, drawing…
15 May 2024
Pollution
The CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has never increased so much as…
Hawaii’s Maunakea Observatory reported record increases in January, February and March. March’s growth over the same…
10 May 2024
Scientific Reports
CO2 removal technologies, we need to double capacity by 2050
A study published in Nature Climate Change calculates the CO2 sequestration capacity gap in the mid-century…
6 May 2024
Pollution
Companies must have a plan against microplastics losses
According to a regulation approved yesterday by the EU Parliament, companies of all sizes will have…
26 April 2024
Pollution
Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop
The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects…
24 April 2024
Pollution
So far we have not seen 98% of the pollution from microplastics
Research by the University of Basel, Switzerland, employs a new sampling method that can also collect…
10 April 2024
Pollution
The plastic on the seabed could be 100 times more than expected
Canadian and Australian researchers reveal that tons of plastic on the seabed could reach up to…
8 April 2024
Pollution
Does planting trees save the Planet? Yes, if they are periurban forests
A global satellite analysis with a definition of 500 meters identifies areas within 10 km from…
30 March 2024
Pollution
A plasma detector to identify pharmaceutical waste in water
Plasma resonance can identify pharmaceutical waste in drinking water and safely remove it
26 March 2024
Pollution
A clear green light to cut 30% of microplastic pollution
The January environmental disaster in Galicia led to the adoption by a large majority of the…
21 March 2024
Climate Change
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