As extreme heat grips many countries and becomes “the new normal”, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns of heightened ...

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Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

The combined effects of climate change and air pollution have led to direct declines in precipitation in the U.S. Southwest, ...

African countries, including South Africa, have limited waste infrastructure and uneven water treatment systems, which ...

The current infrastructure also isn’t set up to fully account for the shifting behavior of wildfire smoke, which can travel ...

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

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Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more ...

The study found widespread microplastic pollution across some Appalachian streams, which poses ecological and public health ...

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A chemical commonly found in sunscreen could be making plastic in oceans even harder to break down, according to University ...