When we talk about Earth’s problems, it’s not just about polar bears and recycling. It’s about changing how we live on our planet. Imagine Earth’s systems ...

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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As global temperatures rise from the burning of fossil fuels, researchers and ...

Plastic pollution is one of the top global environmental problems, leading to an estimated 19 to 23 million tons of plastic waste polluting lakes, rivers, seas and oceans across the world, according ...

The author served as Coordinating Lead Author for the GEO 7 assessment and participated in the SPM approval meeting in Nairobi (27–31 October 2025). She also acted as a scientific observer at COP28 in ...

Plastic pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries, including climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, a new paper shows. Ahead of the final negotiations of the ...

Two years in, delegates from more than 175 countries working to craft a global plastics pollution treaty remain widely divided. Whether an agreement emerges from a final scheduled round of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The combined effects of humanity’s actions are making ecosystems less resistant to change, and threatening the vital ecosystem services humanity ...

Kwame Adjei-Mantey previously received funding from the Carnegie Corporation of New York through Future Africa at the University of Pretoria. Roula Inglesi-Lotz receives funding from the National ...