Kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the ozone layer protects humanity and all life from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays. But in the troposphere, at ground level, this gas can wreak havoc on ...

Preventing, controlling and managing pollution is central to improving health, human well-being and prosperity for all. UNEP drives capacity and leadership in sound management of chemicals and waste ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity ...

The tribunal was hearing a plea by a local resident who said that the village pond was being filled with municipal solid ...

Intensive livestock farming produces significant amounts of waste, which is often spread on nearby land, causing air and water pollution and odour and dust nuisance. Alun Ryves, WNC councillor for ...

A group of farmers, under the banner of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), staged a protest at Zero Point in Greater Noida on Wednesday, demanding increased compensation for the land they provided ...

When Gaurika Pant attended her first beach clean-up in 2017, she was appalled by the amount of plastic she saw washed up on the shore. “I saw a different side of the ocean that day,” says ...

But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing hidden oil spills, speeding up the discovery of new species and uncovering how light pollution impacts marine life. Uncovering hidden oil ...

FILE PHOTO: Women walk on a road near India Gate as the sky is enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality worsened due to air pollution, in New Delhi, India, November 19, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree ...