Researchers who previously demonstrated a cooling ... Plastics Pollution Worsen the Impacts of All Planetary Boundaries Nov. 7, 2024 — Plastic pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary ...

An extra 3 billion people to ‘lack clean water by 2050’, with China in risk zone Southern China will be among areas at risk as high nitrogen levels continue to deplete clean water supplies ...

Nine out of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution are in South Asia. Concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in some of the region’s most densely populated and poor areas are ...

Nov. 8, 2024 — Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's energy budget, water cycle, and climate. However ...

but microplastic pollution is significant too. Land-based sources of microplastics include agricultural polyethylene sheets that fragment from weathering, biosolids and sewage sludge from wastewater ...

Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...

The average temperature anomaly for the rest of 2024 would have to drop to almost zero for 2024 to not be the warmest year, the climate agency said.

Pollution-related deaths numbered 1.67 million in 2019, according to a new report led by Boston College researchers. Economic losses were in the billions. Pollution takes many forms in India, ...

We cannot turn back time, but we can grow forests, revive water sources ... Without action, exposure to air pollution beyond safe guidelines will increase by 50 per cent within the decade and ...