News from the Earth

The prospect of simply returning to business as usual, that is, to the logic that accompanied us until yesterday, must be rejected at all costs. Th...

The response to the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has seen many states and countries reverse course on their efforts to reduce th...

Global environmental change   Large-scale and global environmental hazards to human health include climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion,...

On World Oceans Day, people around our blue planet celebrate and honor our one global ocean, which connects us all. Get together with your family, ...

The second World Food Safety Day (WFSD) is celebrated on 7 June 2020 to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodbo...

The United Kingdom has proposed to further delay the 26th UN World Climate Conference. Cop 26, initially scheduled to take place in Glasgow from 9 ...

In urban environments, parks are particularly important to human health and well-being. Spending time in parks and green spaces clearly benefits ur...

20 May is World Bee Day, established by the United Nations on 20 December 2017 and celebrated for the first time on 20 May 2018.  Without bees the ...

Today, May 14th, is the Overshoot Day in Italy, the ninth country for excess of consumption of natural resources. Overshoot Day marks the date when...

When beaches in Florida reopened last week, people flocked to them to absorb the sun, sand and water. Unfortunately, many forgot to take their tras...

At the behest of student activist raising awareness about the climate crisis, universities around the world have recently been pulling their inves...

Trees help clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and provide habitat to over 80% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity. Forests pr...