UN predicts dire future for planet unless people change their ways NOW
The United Nations’ newest Global Environmental Outlook reinforces the worries of everyone concerned about the...
Air pollution is killing Europeans at an alarming rate
New research reveals that 800,000 people die prematurely from air pollution in Europe each year. A previous study...
Women are essential to climate resilience in the Caribbean — here’s why
The impacts of climate change are felt most intimately by poor and rural women. Many women rely directly on nature...
Human activity has decimated 60% of animal populations since 1970
A new study from WWF International has reported that humans have wiped out 60 percent of the world’s mammals,...
Recent figures reveal Spain’s human population is now outnumbered by pigs
Environmentalists are alarmed by recent data that reveals Spain's pig population now outnumbers its human one by...
The Philippines envisions a green smart city to combat pollution in Manila
Traffic is an unpleasant facet of life in cities, but in Manila, the most densely populated city in the world,...
UN releases inconceivable new estimate of Earth’s 2050 population
Right now there are 7.5 billion people on Earth and counting. But the world in 2050 will be even more packed, according...
Earth’s population just hit 7.5 billion people
Over 7.5 billion people now reside on planet Earth, according to the World Population Clock. But with more people...
The world’s population is set to surpass 11 billion people by the end of the century
About 13.5 percent of the current world population is undernourished and millions go hungry each year, but the...
Indian tiger population climbs by 30 percent thanks to conservation efforts
The wild tiger population in India has jumped from 1,706 to an estimated 2,226 since 2011, marking a 30 percent...
Climate change poses a serious threat to global wheat crops
New studies reveal that increasing global temperatures are likely to put a damper on wheat crop yields. A six percent...
Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay: How to Save Buzzards Bay from Nitrogen Pollution
The Chesapeake Bay was formed eighteen thousand years ago when glacial melting generated sea level...
Up to 50 Percent of All Food Produced is Thrown Away
Vegetables photo from Shutterstock Researchers at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) recently found...