Beijing inspectors went to some of the most polluted cities in the world to discover thousands of officials had failed in their roles to care for the environment.
Antibiotics could become nearly useless by mid-century against intense infections due to bacteria evolving antibiotic resistance. It's time to develop alternatives to antibiotics for small infections.
It is wholly a confusion to suppose that more efficient lighting leads to diminished consumption. The evidence from space says otherwise.
In certain countries, attempting to protect the environment can be a death sentence. This year has seen the deaths of 185 environmental defenders worldwide.
Steve Berman, who won a $200 billion settlement from tobacco companies in the 90s has set his sights on fossil fuel companies.
Archivists are working to document our chaotic, opaque, algorithmically complex world—and in many cases, they simply can’t.
Three villages have already been moved and another 43 are set to be shifted, the country’s attorney general said last month.
The efficiency and design of our buildings is an even bigger public health issue than previously thought.
Nearly 45 million tons of electronics were thrown out in 2016. The value of the raw materials in that e-waste is about $55 billion, but most of that waste isn’t being recovered.
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in US is warning people, especially kids, to stay away from cellphones whenever possible.
The gene CMAH, that allows for the synthesis of a sugar called Neu5Gc, is missing from humans. This sugar is present in red meats, some fish and dairy products.
Struggling to process its own waste, China, the world’s largest importer of recycled goods, will no longer accept mixed plastic and paper from the rest of the world.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, bombed-out buildings in Syria and an anti-Trump march in New York are among the images captured by the agency photographers shortlisted by the Guardian picture desk this year.
UNICEF has published a report and according to their studies, the brains of over 17 million children might be affected by pollution.
Fires continue to burn Southern California, and climate scientists have warned us for years that the region was entering a year-round fire regime.
