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In recent years, microplastics have been appearing in news headlines with the same creeping ubiquity with which they permeate our everyday lives and the natural world. Microplastics are defined as ...

The Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the rest of the world. This accelerated warming is modifying its environment and the geopolitical dynamics in the region. A melting Arctic is opening ...

Project Drawdown, an extensive database of climate solutions, has added 11 new entries to its collection of over one hundred climate solutions. Founded in 2014 by Author and Entrepreneur Paul Hawken ...

The high seas – the vast waters beyond national jurisdiction – cover nearly two-thirds of our planet. They are home to some of Earth’s most mysterious and vital ecosystems, from migratory whales to ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) terminated Biden-era grant agreements worth $20 billion in March, on the basis that the program did not align with the agency’s priorities under the new ...

Following decades of urbanisation, overexploitation, and pollution, China is now experiencing a serious water shortage and flooding made worse by the climate crisis. In July 2021, the Chinese city of ...

As global temperatures continue to shatter records, industries are increasingly pressured to reduce their emissions via carbon credit or carbon offset schemes. It is important for the consumer to know ...

Following a century-long ban due to pollution, Parisians and tourists can now swim in designated areas of the River Seine. A major cleanup operation was completed to remove industrial waste, sewage ...

Hidden behind its urban facade, Hong Kong is home to numerous nature reserves. In fact, 75% of Hong Kong land is actually rural and nearly pristine- making the stark contrast between skyscrapers and ...

1. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) fisheries capture statistics, between 970 to 2,700 billion fishes were caught from the wild each year between 2007 and ...

Acid rain, or acid deposition, is defined or a term that includes any form of precipitation with acidic components, like sulphuric or nitric acid, that falls from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms, ...