Marine litter is a serious environmental problem worldwide. Reducing it would require implementing a global monitoring system ...

The risks associated with climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity are significant global problems. The interconnected nature of these problems is increasingly recognized, and at COP28 ...

Human culture has evolved to allow humans to extract resources and helped us expand to dominate the biosphere. But the same evolutionary processes may counteract efforts to solve new global ...

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Global environmental issues, ranging from energy policy to artificial intelligence and activism, topped the agenda at EarthX’s annual climate conference, which kicked off on Earth Day in Dallas.

Recent attention is being paid to climate change, global environmental issues, and diversity, equity and inclusion. It has raised the profile of these issues and spurred an incredible amount of action ...

But Earth Day’s impact extended far beyond the United States. A cadre of professionals in the U.S. State Department understood that environmental problems didn’t stop at national borders, and set up ...

The world is gearing up for COP27, the United Nations climate summit that starts Sunday. Held in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, the summit is expected to draw world leaders including President Biden, new ...

Russians still protest environmental causes. But most of the country's climate change organizations have been banned and ...

Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a new study led by the University of Maine. Humans have come to dominate ...