Every year, almost 1 in 6 Americans gets a foodborne illness, and about 3,000 people die from it, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Tropical forest covers 12% of the planet’s land surface yet hosts around two thirds of all terrestrial species. Amazonia, which spans the vast Amazon River basin...
The history of climate change is one of people slowly coming to terms with the truth. None but a small minority still question whether it’s real...
In recent years, the amount of plastic in the environment has become a global concern. With the world population approaching eight billion, more and more plastic...
27 June 2022, Quezon City. Ahead of the presidential inauguration this coming Thursday, civil society leaders made a pitch for priority action points to ensure a...
Microplastics — tiny pieces of plastic less than five millimetres in size — have been found in marine and freshwater animals ranging from tiny zooplankton to...
June 23, 2022 The world needs new ways to solve complex problems. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how much experts from across many sectors can achieve...
Hundreds of people who perished during the historic heat wave in British Columbia last summer died in homes ill-suited for temperatures that spiked into the high...
Protecting people from floods requires many technical professionals to make good predictions and decisions. Meteorologists predict the risk of extreme rainfall. Hydrologists translate this rainfall into...
The water crisis at Flint, a town in Michigan, US in 2014 has focused public attention on the dangers of lead exposure, especially in children. A...