Response to Environmental Damage Hints at Your Empathy Overall

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People who respond less emotionally to images of damage to the environment are also less emotional and empathic in general, according to a new study.

Up to 90% of marine species could be at high or critical risk if greenhouse gas emissions continue as-is: Study

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Nearly all marine species could be at risk of extinction by 2100 if greenhouse gases continue to be emitted at current rates, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change.

Victims of the ecological crisis: climate refugees

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Due to climate-related disasters, most people, although involuntarily, move within their own countries, probably to a nearby city. However, some may choose to cross international borders.

New study finds global forest area per capita has decreased by over 60%

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Over the past 60 years, the global forest area has declined by 81.7 million hectares, a loss that contributed to the more than 60% decline in global forest area per capita.

Experts in Marine and Coastal Systems Predict Top 15 Emerging Impacts on Ocean Biodiversity Over Next Decade

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Lithium extraction from the deep sea, overfishing of deeper-water species, and the unexpected ocean impacts of wildfires on land are among 15 issues experts warn we should address immediately.

Even low levels of air pollution found to contribute to increased health risk

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Levels of air pollution well below national and international air quality guidelines are associated with an increased risk of death, according to a new Canada-wide study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius would reduce risks to humans by up to 85%

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New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) quantifies the benefits of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and identifies the hotspot regions for climate change risk in the future.

Pollution linked to 10 per cent of cancer cases in Europe, report finds

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More than one-quarter of a million lives are lost to environment-related cancer every year

Plastic pollution in ocean may harbor novel antibiotics

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Plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics, according to a new student-led study conducted in collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The research will be presented at the American Society for Microbiology's conference in Washington, D.C. on June 9-13, 2022.

World No Tobacco Day 2022

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Tobacco: Threat to our environment

Stockholm+50

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A healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity

Bioethics as a tool for social and environmental challenges

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We are witnessing the appearance of a new vision, a product of the damage that human beings are capable of causing in our common home.

The climate crisis is unfair

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We, as society, must fight back climate change and it has to be a priority.

Forests are key in tackling climate crisis

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'Without the forest cover we have now, the planet would be hotter and the weather more extreme'

Junk Food and the Brain: How Modern Diets Lacking in Micronutrients May Contribute to Irritability and Anger

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Hidden brain hunger is one modifiable factor contributing to emotional outbursts, aggression and even the loss of civility in public discourse.

World Wildlife Day 2022

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The Iberian lynx was a critical predator in Mediterranean ecosystems. 20 years ago, there were only 94 Iberian lynx left. A recovery programme allowed numbers of Iberian lynx to climb to over 1,100, showing the power of conservation.

To block pandemics, keep ecosystems healthy

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According to a new scientific study, current official plans to prevent future pandemics like Covid-19 are unlikely to be successful.

'Financing our own extinction': $1.8tr in subsidies funding nature destruction every year, global study finds

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Major report calls for rapid action to be taken by government and business to deliver subsidy reform

Corals doomed even if global climate goals met: study

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Coral reefs that anchor a quarter of marine wildlife and the livelihoods of more than half-a-billion people will most likely be wiped out even if global warming is capped within Paris climate goals, researchers said Tuesday.

How Climate Change Will Affect Plants

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We human beings need plants for our survival. Everything we eat consists of plants or animals that depend on plants somewhere along the food chain.