COP29: Planet-heating pollution to hit all-time high, dashing
1 day ago · Fossil fuel pollution is set to rise to 37.4 billion metric tons this year, an increase of 0.8% from 2023, a report found. Global emissions from coal, oil and gas are all projected to increase.
Amid Earth's heat records, scientists report ... - Associated Press News
1 day ago · That’s nothing close to the increase in India, which at 8% of the globe’s carbon pollution is third-largest carbon emitter. India’s carbon pollution jumped 4.6% in 2024, the scientists said. Carbon emissions dropped in both the United States and the European Union. They fell 0.6% in the U.S. mostly from reduced coal, oil and cement use.
No sign of fossil fuel pollution peak as the world falls further …
1 day ago · Emissions of carbon caused by fossil fuel pollution continued to grow slightly in 2023 to 36.8 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, setting yet another new record despite increasingly urgent warnings from scientists about the need for steep and immediate decreases.
Plastic that dissolves in water could combat global pollution crisis
2 days ago · It means that MECHS can stretch like plastic wrap, can be genetically engineered by adding proteins or peptides to make it more or less stiff. And it is healable—a small amount of water ...
The world is pumping out 57 million tons of plastic pollution a year
Sep 4, 2024 · The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people’s bodies, according to a new study that also said more than two-thirds of it comes from the Global South.
Pollution News -- ScienceDaily
4 days ago · Pollution articles. Air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, soil pollution and more. Read current events articles on pollution, pollution prevention and pollution control.
More than 170 trillion plastic particles found in the ocean as ...
Mar 8, 2023 · The world’s oceans are polluted by a “plastic smog” made up of an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles that if gathered would weigh around 2.3 million tons, according to a new study.
Plastic pollution on course to double by 2030 | UN News
Oct 21, 2021 · Plastic pollution in oceans and other bodies of water continues to grow sharply and could more than double by 2030, according to an assessment released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme...
Oceans littered with 171 trillion plastic pieces - BBC
Mar 8, 2023 · More than 171 trillion pieces of plastic are now estimated to be floating in the world's oceans, according to scientists. Plastic kills fish and sea animals and takes hundreds of years to break ...
Deadly and growing impact of air pollution laid bare in new …
Jun 18, 2024 · The State of Global Air (SoGA) report published in partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns on Wednesday that air pollution is increasingly impacting human health - and is now the...