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Nanoplastics are the smallest microplastics, far narrower than a human hair. Very little is known about their composition, structure or how they break down in the environment.

Climate change is likely to have long-term effects on birthing parents and future generations, say researchers. “Much of the work happening around reproductive health is based on short-term support and…

The last pandemic was bad, but COVID-19 is only one of many infectious diseases that emerged since the turn of this century. Since 2000, the world has experienced 15 novel…

Nearly every country has committed to preserving 30% of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030 to protect against biodiversity loss. This is an urgent and necessary commitment.But as governments work to meet this and other environmental goals, Indigenous populations — who manage, use or occupy at least…

Wildfires are becoming more intense and more frequent, ravaging communities and ecosystems in their path. Recent years have seen record-breaking wildfire seasons across the world from Australia to the Arctic…

Every ten seconds, one child is saved by a vaccine against a fatal disease.

A wave of protests expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people is spreading across college and university campuses. There were more than 400 such demonstrations by the end of April 2024…

Their message isn’t new, but it is gaining urgency as funding for green energy projects grows.

Even before the pandemic crisis, progress on poverty eradication was slowing globally. As we approach upwards of 700 million people living in extreme poverty globally by the end of 2020, governments…

After a world war with devastating consequences and loss of human life seventy-five years ago, governments declared that human rights belong to everyone.The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) affirmed hope and humanity, and ……

Spend time in a developing country during a heat wave and it quickly becomes clear why poorer nations face some of the greatest risks from climate change. Most homes don’t…

We leave half the population behind when sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services don’t include men.