Pollution

A new report from WHO draws attention to the health and environmental impact of tobacco.

Big tobacco is one of the world’s ‘biggest polluters’, says WHO

Love Island has drawn criticism for many things including its promotion of fast-fashion brands

UK Reality show Love Island couples up with eBay in eco-bid

A boy disposes of raw sewage into a stream in the sprawling Kibera slum in Kenya's capital of Nairobi.

Pollution kills millions more people a year than COVID has, data shows

A plane lands at Heathrow Airport in London.

The real climate impact of flying could be much worse than we thought

The literacy programm has started in 2018.

Meet the young pirates protecting the ocean from plastic pollution

Luiz Bispo, who is living at Pavuna River which flows to Guanabara Bay, stands near his floating house what he says is an artistic installation developed by him.

Greta Thunberg gets invite onto floating home made from rubbish

29/03/2022

Microplastics are being found in people's blood

Microplastics discovered in human blood - should we be worried?

25/03/2022

Antarctica's white landscape is turning dark in the area where thousands among tourists and researchers flock every summer.

Why is the snow in Antarctica turning from white to black?

23/02/2022

Tombstones in a grass field

Bodies of COVID victims could be polluting water, scientists say

17/02/2022

The 'biospherians' in their bright red jumpsuits.

Living in a bubble: Did this failed 90s experiment predict the future?

29/01/2022

Smog over London's Shard

Londoners told to avoid exercise as pollution levels rocket

14/01/2022

A pair of Tequila Splitfins

Return of the tequila fish gives scientists something to cheer about

03/01/2022

Microplastics are so tiny they can get into our bodies without us knowing - and wreak havoc.

Are microplastics making us resistant to antibiotics?

08/12/2021

People venture into the sea as they enjoy themselves during a hot day on Brighton Beach.

Sewage pollution is making UK beaches and rivers 'unswimmable'

25/11/2021

Smog in New Delhi, India.

Why is the Indian capital completely covered in smog?

17/11/2021

These are the faces of the green transition.

Meet the people swapping their highly polluting careers for green jobs

25/10/2021

People ride bikes on the deserted Place de la Concorde, during the curfew, aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 disease, in Paris, on March 30, 2021.

Paris is investing €250 million to become a 100% ‘cycling city’

25/10/2021

Lausanne discovers soil has been polluted with dangerous chemicals for more than years

Lausanne discovers soil has been polluted with dangerous chemicals

17/10/2021

Oil pollution of the Erra river in Estonia

Europe starts cleaning up its act to save the Baltic Sea

28/09/2021

Planes on the runway at Paris Charles de Gaulle

Five of Europe’s airports are 'emitting more CO2 combined than Sweden'

28/09/2021

Festival goers arrive for the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, England.

The surprising reason you shouldn’t do drugs at Glastonbury Festival

28/09/2021

Workers have deployed containment booms and skimmer devices as they attempt to contain a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico discovered after Hurricane Ida.

Hurricane Ida was an environmental disaster, photos reveal

07/09/2021

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry attends a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi via video link in Tianjin, China.

Can the US and China cooperate on climate change ahead of COP26?

04/09/2021

Blue dye from garment factories in Maseru, Lesotho is released into a river.

Why are rivers turning blue in Africa?

19/08/2021