How Air Pollution Impacts Other Aspects Of Human Health, Not Just Lungs

A recent study by the World Heart Foundation (WHF) highlighted the links between air pollution and congenital heart disease, ...
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How e-waste causes biodiversity loss, health challenges in humans

Kenya is grappling with an electronic waste crisis, with the latest survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) showing that the country generated 55,956 tonnes of e-waste in 2025. Of ...
Newsweek

These 9 Things Are Worse for the Environment Than AI Data Centers

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Artificial intelligence is fueling a boom in data centers as well as ...
Healio

How do microplastics affect the human body and the eye?

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Plastics are a petrochemical product. More than 99% of plastic resins are created from oil, fracked gas or coal, ...
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PGA Remarks at the High-level debate on Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking in Wildlife and other Crimes that Affect the Environment

Thank you for joining this morning’s High-Level Debate on Preventing and Combating Illicit Trafficking in Wildlife and Other Crimes that Affect the Environment. This is an important topic that touches ...
PBS

What is El Niño and how could it affect weather this year?

Scientists around the world are warning a strong El Niño this year, colloquially dubbed a super El Niño, could lead to extreme weather events — from heavy rainfall to exacerbated droughts. The ...
Iowa Public Radio

University of Iowa researchers launch project on how environmental exposures affect human health

David Cwiertny, a William D. Ashton professor of civil engineering and director of the Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, speaks at a press conference next to Larry Weber and ...
WRAL

Could environmental changes affect hantavirus risk? Duke researchers think so

The North Carolina passenger currently in quarantine is expected to remain at the University of Nebraska Medical Center through June 21, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Mere Presence of Humans—Not Just Our Changes to the Land—Can Alter Wild Animals’ Behaviors, a New Study Suggests

Human development—such as roads—affects wildlife. But so does the presence of people. Dave Kenny The world is in the throes of a biodiversity crisis, with numerous animal species declining or ...
The New York Times

When Humans Went Away, the Wildlife Strayed

When people disappeared from the landscape, as they did during the pandemic, wild animals changed how they used space and resources, scientists found. By Emily Anthes Humans do not have to cut down ...
Yale Environment 360

Wildlife is watching us, too — and changing their behavior in response

A new large-scale study led by a research team from the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change has found that wildlife responds not only to how humans reshape their habitats, but also to the ...
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Data on human and wildlife movement during the pandemic suggest new ways for us to coexist

For thousands of years, humans have shaped the world around us, leaving other animals to adapt to the activities of the industrious ape. But new research shows how animals also respond directly to our ...