News from the Earth

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...

One hundred and two sea turtles inhabiting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean Sea were the subject of the study by the Universit...

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...