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Achieving the SDGs will require far more resources than are now being applied to them. To end poverty. To combat climate change. To achieve gender equality. To “leave no one…

2022 began with the largest global surge in COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, spurred by the spread of the Omicron variant. Despite rising cases as we head…

This year was tough. Around the world, communities were upended by natural disasters and war; lawmakers implemented devastating rollbacks of reproductive rights; and human rights defenders experienced violent crackdowns. But…

Now facing soaring inflation, rising energy bills, and sky-high housing costs, the world seems to be lurching from one global crisis to the next. The strain to make ends meet…

Rising global temperatures have been affecting climate patterns for decades. The frequency and severity of acute events, such as wildfires on the western coast of the U.S. or 1-in-1,000-year rainfall events in Dallas show…

Aerosols in indoor air can vary in acidity, and the acidity determines how long viruses remain infectious in the air, research finds. Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and others travel…

It’s no secret that composting is good for the environment, and while the process has been around for thousands of years, innovations in composting operations are creating stronger end-products that…

Blocking Ukrainian ports and stopping food exports from Ukraine became one of the key global challenges in the context of Russian aggression against Ukraine. On July 22, 2022, an agreement was signed…

Protecting forests by investing in Indigenous peoples and local communities, or IPLCs, is increasingly seen as one of the most effective ways to mitigate climate change and halt the global loss of…

College biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material related to climate change, research finds. For example, the study found that most textbooks published in the 2010s included…

In 2022 the blows to global cooperation came hard and fast. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine not only threatened the lives of millions of Ukrainians and violated the UN Charter, but…

In January 2019, the Korean-flagged fishing vessel Oyang 77 sailed south toward international waters off Argentina. The vessel had a known history of nefarious activities, including underreporting its catch and…