The fact that a beef steak is significantly worse for the climate than a tofu schnitzel has probably become common knowledge by now. 

Much of what scientists think about soil metabolism may be wrong.

According to estimates, by 2040 the level of plastic pollution could reach 80 million metric tons per year.

A by-product released by use of fossil fuels has been increasing since 1974

Farmlands across Europe are potentially the biggest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilisers derived from sewage sludge, new research has shown.

More than 600 fishing vessels sail the icy waters of the Arctic. But just over two dozen big tankers are the worst offenders when it comes to air pollution in this vulnerable region.

Human activities such as marsh draining for agriculture and logging are increasingly eating away at saltwater and freshwater wetlands that cover only 1% of Earth’s surface but store more than 20% of all the climate-warming carbon dioxide absorbed by ecosystems worldwide.

At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 10 of the world’s largest commodity traders published a ‘shared commitment’ to halting forest loss

By early May 2022, nearly a quarter million acres had burned in New Mexico, almost double the annual total of 2021.

As reservoir levels dwindle in the arid southwestern United States, scientists have developed a method to estimate summer rainfall in the region months in advance.