Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, a new study has found. As many ...

Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with "heavy metals," according to a new study in Science. These ...

Up to 17% of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1.4 ...

Using advanced DNA sequence analysis, a research team has discovered that tiny organisms in Brooklyn's highly contaminated Gowanus Canal have developed a comprehensive collection of pollution-fighting ...

March data reveals a surge in Yamuna's industrial pollutants, with alarming levels of COD, BOD, and phosphates, despite ...

Kathmandu consistently ranks on top of one chart that I would rather have it not be a part of at all - that of the most polluted cities in the world regarding its air quality. In 2023, Kathmandu was ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Human activity is reshaping life on Earth in profound and alarming ways. A landmark ...

GRAP Stage I measures, corresponding to 'Poor' air quality (AQI 201-300), include restrictions such as suspension of construction activities, traffic management, and restricting operations of certain ...

As most outdoor air pollution is a result of human activities globally, these actions can help reduce particulate matter in the air that is harmful to health. In some regions, desert dust ...

(AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File) Alexandra Water Warriors volunteers cleanup the Juksei river in the heart of Alexandra township from plastic pollution in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 27, 2024.

The project examines the five principal human activities that affect biodiversity: habitat modification, direct exploitation (e.g., hunting or fishing), climate change, pollution, and invasive species ...

Object Detection toolkit based on PaddlePaddle. It supports object detection, instance segmentation, multiple object tracking and real-time multi-person keypoint detection.