Ignoring the contributions of greenhouse gases to climate change and the EPA’s proposed approach to deregulating fossil fuel production will have serious adverse consequences for our air, water, and ...

Human activities and climate change are intensifying environmental events, worsening respiratory health issues like asthma and allergies. Extreme weather events increase exposure to pollutants and ...

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...

Emerging infectious diseases, the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and the increasing frequency of zoonotic spillover events underscore the critical ...

In a conversation with Luciana Julião, environment editor at The Conversation Brasil, during COP30 in Belém, Fiocruz researcher and environmental health specialist Sandra Hacon explained why the ...

Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) — conglomerated waste often composed of up to 50% plastic — is being burned globally in waste-to-energy incinerators, cement kilns, paper mills, and by other industries.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about sustainability law and policy. At the request of the United Nations General Assembly, the ...

There are a record number of conflicts raging around the world – from Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan and Myanmar. Alongside their devastating human toll, these conflicts are all wreaking havoc on the ...

Environmental change is inevitable. Still, when it affects the landscapes around us, it can be disconcerting, leading to negative mental health impacts. A word with multiple meanings, connotations, ...

As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.