AMR Awareness Week: Antimicrobial research and development needs greater push through policies

We need policies to reward R&D, bring products to market and ensure equitable access and prudent use

World bodies release new principles on cost-effective carbon pricing schemes

New World Bank Report states that carbon-pricing schemes are worth US $50 billion

Coronavirus update: Tedros stresses green, healthy recovery from COVID-19

Lockdown measures turned lives upside down: WHO chief

Every country exceeds new PM2.5 annual limit set by WHO: Report

The concentration in 93 per cent of the cities was 10 times the new guidelines

Possible Ebola cure: 2 drugs successful in preventing death

Two of four potential drug candidates found to cure disease, says WHO

Coronavirus update: India death toll crosses 600

Maharashtra records second-worst single-day rise

Nuclear energy set to grow at 45 per cent in next 20 years

Demand for nuclear energy has, however, declined after the Fukushima disaster of 2011

Simply put: Lock-down of another kind

Simply Put: The US U-turn

Severe drought in Turkey: Istanbul can run of water in months

Several of the city's aquifers have recorded the lowest volumes recorded in 15 years

The Caspian Sea is set to fall by 9 metres or more this century – an ecocide is imminent

Climate change is causing the sea to recede, leaving barren land in its wake

Simply Put: Wildlife trade at G20

The Great Barrier Reef’s latest bout of bleaching is the fifth in eight summers – the corals now have almost no reprieve

We can expect heavy losses of corals to occur on hundreds of individual reefs over the next few months

Simply Put: Not so early warning

Simply Put: Omicron ahead of holiday plans

At least 91 killed, 200 injured in Indonesia after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Lombok island

This was the second earthquake in Indonesia in a week

Lake found on Mars by scientists

The underground lake is about 20 kms wide and is on Mars’ southern ice cap

Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa: Food Security in a Changing Environment

A changing climate is likely to have a drastic impact on crop yields in Africa.

How prehistoric people faced climate change revealed by video game technology

Volunteers come together to play; their results help model what reality could have been

Chinese officials aided industries to defy pollution rules

President Xi Jinping had last year called for efforts to fight pollution

Simply Put: Circular Economy

Simply Put: Heaven on Earth

What causes volcanoes to erupt?

Below the surface, Earth is always moving and changing

Simply Put: Hungry tide

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Those living in sub-Saharan Africa would be the hardest hit