Environmental Protection
Airborne microplastics are travelling far and wide around the planet
"What humans have been doing for decades now is what I call a ‘plastification’ of the landscape and oceans."
The built-in resilience of corals could help them survive climate change
The biomineral that forms the skeleton of corals contains a highly organized organic mix of proteins, which resembles bone.
Marine life is fleeing the equator to cooler waters. Mass extinction could follow
As species flee to cooler waters, it’s likely to have profound implications for marine ecosystems and human livelihoods.
One sip can kill: The new battles over paraquat pesticides
Public Eye, the investigative NGO based in Switzerland, calls paraquat the world's deadliest weedkiller.
Two-thirds of agricultural land globally are at risk of pesticide pollution
At the highest risk of large-scale pesticide pollution are several mass producers of rice and other grains in Asia.
Rare orangutans are losing even their last remaining forests
Until relatively recently these orangutans lived across a much wider range of various habitats.