With the deadline of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development approaching, the missing ingredient is not ambition but ...

This summer’s extreme weather events could cost the European Union’s economy at least 43 billion euros (US$50 billion) in the short term, a new study found. This summer was Spain’s hottest since ...

Parts of Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia were flooded over the weekend as Storm Boris unleashed record-breaking rainfall. It comes after Europe’s hottest summer on ...

In the nuclear energy debate, those who oppose its use often cite nuclear waste disposal as one of the biggest disadvantages. Indeed, the highly toxic byproducts of nuclear reactors can remain ...

Science-driven healing of the ozone layer is proof that “progress is possible,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, which is the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone ...

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The climate system is holistic, meaning that in the current climate crisis, the issue of global temperature increase causes other problems, such as ocean acidification, biodiversity loss, and negative ...

In the late 19th century, Japan suffered from a waste problem due to modernisation. During the beginning stage of waste treatment, there is no appropriate waste management, and therefore garbage is ...

Orca calves in the Valdes Peninsula, Argentina, and the Crozet archipelago in the Indian Ocean have learned the intentional stranding hunting technique through the physical and biological dynamics of ...

Our current methods of industrial food production are wreaking environmental havoc while failing to provide the agricultural yields necessary to sustain the growing global population. The complexity ...

Green technology, or green tech, is an all encompassing term for the type and use of technology that are considered environmentally friendly based on its production process or its supply chain, which ...

Among the countries where whales are still hunted for commercial reasons, Norway ranks first. The highest amount of whales are killed here every year and the number has been increasing since 2017.