News from the Earth

The concept of sustainable tourism was introduced in 1988, about a year after the definition of sustainable development, by the World Tourism Organ...

Microplastics are contaminating the fruit and vegetables we eat, according to two separate scientific studies published this week.   According to t...

The International Day of the Tropics celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the tropics while highlighting unique challenges and opportunities n...

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...

Trees talk and share resources right under our feet, using a fungal network nicknamed the Wood Wide Web. Some plants use the system to support thei...

Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible for bringing us one out of every three bites...

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

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 foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature. For instance, each y...

For decades, the tobacco industry has deliberately employed strategic, aggressive and well-resourced tactics to attract youth to tobacco and nicoti...

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 ...