Environmental Protection
Researchers find microplastics even in our guts
Microplastic pieces have been found – perhaps not surprisingly – even in human poop.
Hurricane Walaka wipes out a marine wildlife habitat
"One more chink in the wall of the network of ecosystem diversity on this planet is being dismantled."
Insects worldwide are facing ‘death by a thousand cuts’
Arthropods, invertebrates including insects that have external skeletons, are declining at an alarming rate.
The collapse of Angkor holds a lesson for today’s cities
"Complex infrastructural networks provide critical services to cities but can be vulnerable to external stressors, including climatic variability."
Cheetahs are ‘sprinting toward extinction’
Only a little over 7,100 cheetahs, the planet’s fastest land animals, have remained in the wild.
WHO: Millions of children die from pollution-related causes
According to the WHO, some 1.7 million children under the age of five succumb globally to pollution-caused diseases.