The Horn of Africa is facing drought and crop failures after four inadequate rainy seasons.

The largest identified single outbreak in U.S. history of West Nile virus disease, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne illness, occurred in Arizona last summer.

Every 60 seconds the equivalent of a lorry-load of plastic enters the global ocean.

Antarctic saw another month of record-low sea ice coverage

During the first lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, soot concentrations in the atmosphere over Western and Southern Europe almost halved.

Record levels of obesity and physical inactivity among children mean they are set to bear the brunt of poorer health effects from rising global temperatures – that’s the stark warning in a new comprehensive review of current studies on the topic.

A University of Minnesota Twin Cities-led team has found that electrical stimulation of the body combined with sound activates the brain’s somatosensory or “tactile” cortex, increasing the potential for using the technique to treat chronic pain and other sensory disorders. 

Leisure activities, such as reading a book, doing yoga and spending time with family and friends, may help lower the risk of dementia, according to a new meta-analysis published in the August 10, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. 

Researchers and entrepreneurs have developed an implant made of collagen protein from pig’s skin, which resembles the human cornea. 

A study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland has been published by an Oxford-led research team in the journal PNAS.