Are policy initiatives improving air pollution in Europe’s two megacities? A new study, slated for publication in the June 2019 edition of Environmental Pollution, suggests that while nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
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Climate-induced changes in rainfall will affect staple crops even if greenhouse gas emissions are radically reduced to meet targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a new
If greenhouse gases continue to rise at current rates, at least 50 per cent of the global population will be exposed to two particularly dangerous disease-spreading mosquitoes — Aedes aegypti
A second person may have been cured of HIV, ten years after the first patient, Timothy Ray Brown, known as the “Berlin patient”, received a similar stem cell transplant and
Scientists have developed a single-step gene editing process that can increase corn yields. The new technique uses pollen to transfer the components of CRISPR-Cas9 into another plant allowing them to
Technology is making agriculture more efficient, however, technological advances may not be enough to counteract the impacts of an increasing global population on the environment. Rapid population growth and more
Scientists have developed a new way to capture and store carbon. The negative emission technology uses a liquid-metal electrocatalyst to transforms carbon dioxide gas into carbon-containing solids at room temperature.
A new study suggests that at certain carbon dioxide (CO2) levels the Earth could reach a tipping point at which dense low-lying cooling cloud layers could become unstable and break
Last Wednesday 20 February, a committee advising the Congolese Ministry of Health made the decision to provide the Ebola vaccine to pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as babies under
A new report released on 22 February by the United Nations presents sombre findings and suggests that natural support systems for the human diet are deteriorating around the world. Agriculture