Countries May Be a Step Closer to Tackling Plastic Pollution
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. More than 1,000 delegates from 175 countries are here in Nairobi this week to figure…
How to Keep Your Home Cool in Extreme Heat
Global temperatures have reached alarmingly high levels across the U.S., Europe, and Asia as heat waves set record highs this week. Parts of European countries including most of…
Hero Astronaut Who Helped Save Apollo 13 Crew Dies
LOS ANGELES — Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to…
Conflict in the Gaza Strip Could Lead to a New COVID-19 Surge
As conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas continues to claim lives in the Gaza Strip, health experts are calling attention to another potential crisis: a…
The Language Of Climate Change Just Changed in a Major Way
In so many ways, not much has changed since the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—perhaps the premiere climate science-and-policy organization in the world—published its last…
The Trump Administration Just Loosened Methane Emissions Rules. Here’s What To Know
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to loosen regulations on methane, a potent greenhouse gas known to propel climate change. The EPA, which is part of…
Study- The Most Climate Friendly Pet Food
If American dogs and cats made up their own country, the United States of Fido and Fluffy would rank fifth in global meat consumption. Considering the outsize impact…
Clothing brands must help ensure Asia’s garment workers get a living wage
Asia accounts for more than 60 percent of the world’s garment production, with the industry employing more than 15 million people directly, most of them women.Workers deserve a…
80% of young consumers discover products via mobile while on the go
Artificial intelligence company ViSenze asked over 1,000 British and American Gen Z and millennial consumers about their preferences when it comes to shopping in-store and online, and found…
Hair therapy boosts Istanbul’s receding tourism
But he has one more, less conventional purpose — to have 1,500 strands of hair implanted one by one, in an increasingly popular anti-hair loss treatment in the…