Most antibiotic resistance research comes from high-income countries but the greatest threats are elsewhere. This inequality is shaping the future of global health.
The environmental awards gave cash to climate scientists, conservationists and inventors.
The new global plastics treaty needs to tackle inequalities that surround how plastics are produced, handled, collected or not, and the level of care taken to deal with them.
River water is not expected to prove to be less polluted when results are published later this year.
Alternative food containers, such as those made of bioplastics, are being promoted as a way to reduce our exposure to plastic in food. But there is still a lack of knowledge around their impacts.
The average size of monitored wildlife populations has shrunk by 73% since 1970.
This is up to 35 times more than the estimated weight of plastic pollution on the ocean’s surface.
South Africa needs to strengthen its response to plastic pollution.
A memoir of the author’s childhood spent climbing with her father, a much-travelled oil reservoir engineer.
A new study finds congestion charging and creating car-free streets and separated bike lanes have been most effective at reducing car use in European cities.
