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
The EU must reduce net emissions by 95% to 2040
For the Climate Advisory Committee, achieving net emissions targets means abandoning coal in 2030 and gas…
20 June 2023

Pollution
Nova Kakhovka dam destroyed in Ukraine: fears of pollution and nuclear
The destruction of infrastructure is a war crime. The dynamics and identity of those responsible are…
7 June 2023

Water Management
UN saves Safer oil tanker: avoided worst environmental disaster in history after…
After years of attempts to recover the necessary funds, the United Nations start the mission of…
1 June 2023

Pollution
World Bee Day 2023, we protect pollinators
World Bee Day 2023 aims to raise awareness of the vital role of bees and other…
20 May 2023

Scientific Reports
How to reduce plastic pollution by 2040
UNEP publishes roadmap to "turn off the tap" and convert an economy that causes huge plastic…
18 May 2023

Water Management
For American Indians an extra defense against water pollution
Half a million Native Americans will finally have protection against water pollution thanks to an EPA…
10 May 2023

Pollution
First underwater robot cleaner in the shape of a jellyfish
At the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart they developed an underwater cleaner robot inspired by jellyfish…
9 May 2023

Pollution
Health effects of air pollution: if the heart is at risk
A new research has studied the data of 2,025 hospitals in 322 Chinese cities discovering the…
3 May 2023

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

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

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

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…