The last two decades have been recorded hottest since the pre-industrial era. Ocean warming is rising worldwide as major greenhouse gases continue to rise.

Ocean warming rising worldwide as major greenhouse gases continue to rise

Plastic is among biggest pollutants on our planet. WION tells you how it was once assumed to be the great boon for human life.

Plastic: Beauty and the beast; How can we solve plastic pollution?

For the first time, microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood. The tiny particles have been found by scientists in almost 80% of the people tested.

In a first, microplastic pollution gets detected in human blood

New Delhi has been ranked as the world's most polluted capital yet again. The report has been released IQAir, a Swiss company which sells air purifiers. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: New Delhi ranked world's most polluted capital

Shockingly out of 195 nations in the world not one country has managed to meet the World Health Organization's air quality standards in the year 2021. A survey of pollution data in more than 6,400 cities across the world shows that the air quality has been worsening with smog even rebounding in certain areas.

Air quality worsens, smog rebounds after covid-19 related dip

Scientists take research trips on the Brazilian coast as studies indicate traces of microplastics in marine life. Plastic inside animals alarms biologists.

Microplastics found in Marine life: Scientists take research trips on the Brazilian coast

The United Nations has agreed to start negotiating for world's first treaty on plastic pollution in what has been hailed a watershed moment for the planet. Nearly 200 nations at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi unanimously agreed to create an intergovernmental committee to negotiate and finalise a legally binding plastics treaty by 2024.

World comes together to clean up plastic trash

Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet' : The right to breathe clean air.

Mission Sustainability: The right to breathe clean air

Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Out of Breath- Population and Air Pollution.

Mission Sustainability: Out of Breath- Population and Air Pollution

Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet' : How can air pollution be tackled?

Mission Sustainability: How can air pollution be tackled?

Watch 'Mission Sustainability: Population vs Planet' : Rising population is responsible for air pollution.

Mission Sustainability: Rising population is responsible for air pollution

Notices were issued on Saturday to hotels and marble factories in Pakistan's Faisalabad for rising pollution as per a media report. Deputy Director Environment, Farhat Abbas Kamoka on Saturday said that departmental teams conducted surprise checking in the district and found these halls (hotels) and factories polluting the environment, Daily Times reported.

Pakistan: Hotels, factories responsible for pollution in Faisalabad

Initiatives to give new life to waste is the way forward. Now many of them have been highlighted at an exhibition at the London design museum.

UK: Entrepreneurs aim to 'reuse & recycle' to tackle plastic pollution

A UN environmental report published on Tuesday said pollution by states and companies contributes to more deaths globally than COVID-19, calling for "immediate and ambitious action" to ban some toxic chemicals.

In contrast to Covid's 5.9 million deaths, this malady kills more than 9 million people every year

The current world population is 7.9 billion and counting. The human population produces over 2 billion tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste every year. It is estimated that global waste generation will cross the 3 billion tonne mark by 2050. The unsustainable population growth, combined with reckless consumption and improper waste management, has led to a global waste crisis. What can be done to reduce and manage waste?

Mission Sustainability: Population, Over-Consumption and Waste

A three-day summit has been organised in the French port city of Brest, where global leaders have pushed for an ambitious feat to save Marine life.

Global leaders launch One Ocean Summit: 'A Pledge to protect our Marine life'

The protected old-growth forest in the Amazon of southeastern Peru appears pristine: Ancient trees with massive trunks grow alongside young, slender ones, forming a canopy so thick it sometimes feels to scientists like evening during the day.

Alarming levels of mercury are found in old growth Amazon forest

While efforts to contain air pollution in particular greenhouse emissions gained pace, experts have sounded a bit of an alarm over yet another and more threatening form of pollution. Scientists have said that a cocktail of chemical pollution that pervades the planet has now reached a level that threatens the stability of global ecosystems.

Chemical pollution has surpassed the planetary boundary & threatens the core of the human existence

According to a newly released study, chemical pollution has crossed a “planetary boundary”, the point at which human-made changes to the Earth push it outside the stable environment of the last 10,000 years.

Chemical pollution has surpassed the planetary boundary, says scientists

In a bid to spread awareness and cut down CO2 emissions, car advertisements in France will include messages encouraging people to consider less-polluting travel alternatives.

France car ads to contain messages to back less-pollution travel alternatives

Ever heard of the term nerdles? They are plastic pellets. A type of marine debris that is said to cause as much damage as oil spills do.

Nerdles: A type of marine debris said to cause as much damage as oil spills do

West Asia happens to be one of the worst affected regions in the world from climate change and its many consequences but what countries are not talking about is military pollution. The US military is one of the worst polluters in west Asia. If the US military was a nation in the region, it would be the eighth largest polluter in West Asia.

The carbon footprint of US Military: US Army a major polluter in West Asia

With the COVID-19 pandemic and face masks becoming mandatory, there has been a whopping 9000% rise in plastic pollution due to face masks.

Study: 9000% rise in plastic pollution due to face masks

All residents of India’s national capital city, New Delhi, and its neighbouring areas have been struggling to catch their breath amid rising pollution and smog in the city.

New Delhi's indoor air pollution levels worse than outdoors, experts warn

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