In an open letter to G20 leaders, world health experts urge a ‘green’ recovery from the coronavirus pandemic that considers air pollution and climate breakdown. The 20 nations of the
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The groundbreaking documentary Food Evolution offered the general public a science-based introduction to crop biotechnology, revealing how activists attack it and debunking some of the more pernicious myths about GMOs
In 2015, 193 countries committed to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a so-called blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all. The goals address various
Despite widespread awareness of the perils of climate change and grandiose declarations by governments, global average temperatures and carbon emissions continue to rise for a third consecutive year and will
The European Parliament (EP) is split on whether or not to pass a resolution today that would declare a global climate emergency before a critical UN summit next week. The
Healthier food choices can benefit the environment as well, according to a study published on 24 October in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, providing the most elaborate analysis
Climate change could have serious implications for earthworm communities, according to the first global earthworm map published on 24 October in Nature (1). Earthworms are arguably one of the most
The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands founded by young engineer Boyan Slat, has improved its plastic-collecting device. The latest version has finally captured and retained
Every organism depends on microbes. And every microbiome — the communities of bacteria that exists inside all living organisms — is linked by a so-called “ecosystem microbiome” according to results
While the European Union (EU) has progressively integrated several mechanisms to support the environment, proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 are unlikely to improve the environmental, economic, and