Arctic tundra now emits planet-warming pollution, federal report finds
Arctic tundra, which has stored carbon for thousands of years, has now become a source of planet-warming pollution.
Extreme temperatures are tied to more than half a million stroke deaths a year. With climate change, expect more
In 2019 alone, more than half a million people died due to a stroke linked to high and low temperatures, a new study found.
How climate change is making the world sick
Here’s how climate change is harming people’s health across the world today, and what countries might expect in the future.
Air pollution raises risk of type 2 diabetes, says landmark Indian study
Inhaling polluted air increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, the first study of its kind in India has found.
Time to Treat Climate and Biodiversity Crises as One Global Health Emergency, Major Editorial Argues
A new editorial published in more than 200 health journals challenges health professionals and world leaders to look at global biodiversity loss and climate change as “one indivisible crisis” that must be confronted as a whole.
Fountain of youth: Living near a green space can reduce your biological age by 2.5 years
Could living near a park make you ‘younger’ than your actual age?
Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In City Of London
Cyclists are now the “single largest vehicular mode counted during peak times on City streets,” says a report to the transportation committee of the City of London Corporation, the municipal governing body of London’s square mile.
Air pollution is ‘likely’ to raise dementia risk
Cognitive decline in older people more likely to be accelerated by exposure to emissions, finds review of 70 studies
Air pollution linked to deadly heart rhythm disorder
Life-threatening arrhythmias are more common on days with highly polluted air, according to new research.
You Eat a Credit Card’s Worth of Plastic Every Week
What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to our health?
Living in Areas With More Greenery May Boost Cognitive Function
Cognitive function at middle age is a strong predictor of whether a person may develop dementia later in life.
Study: Climate change is creating disease hotspots
“The coming decades will not only be hotter, but sicker.”
Health groups quit baby food industry in effort to limit toxins
Two environmental health groups have resigned from a council meant to lower the heavy metal content of baby foods due to what they say is a lack of cooperation from some of the nation’s biggest baby food brands.
Bumblebee population increases 116 times over in ‘remarkable’ Scotland rewilding project
‘The sound of traffic and a uniform sea of barley have been replaced by the most beautiful meadows, full of wildflowers, young saplings and the buzz of bees’
Barbados Completes World’s First ‘Debt-for-Climate’ Swap
Barbados has secured the world’s first “debt-for-climate” swap to finance crucial water and sewage projects that will help the island cope with the destructive impacts of climate change.
Killer whales have found new homes in the Arctic Ocean, potentially reshaping marine ecology
The vast ice sheets that historically kept killer whales out of the Arctic Ocean are melting as the region rapidly warms.
Pollution in Delhi hits record high, cloaking city in smog
India’s capital, Delhi, imposes emergency measures including closing schools and offices and barring heavy vehicles.
Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10 per cent of farmland into forest
Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant one billion trees and convert 10 per cent of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage.