Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. This is one of the ...
A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests. As the world gathers at ...
A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ ...
UC Santa Barbara researchers project that human impacts on oceans will double by 2050, with warming seas and fisheries collapse leading the charge. The tropics and poles face the fastest changes, and ...
Every human being leaves traces behind, and has done so for thousands of years. In a new study, a team led by lead author Dr. Yanming Ruan from MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the ...
A United Nations special rapporteur warned Friday that air pollution is contributing to widespread human rights violations worldwide, calling on governments to take urgent action to reduce pollution ...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur to inform her upcoming report to the United Nations General Assembly in its eightieth session. This ...
Global heating and its associated environmental disruptions are increasingly affecting human societies through deteriorating public health, economic instability, and social dislocation. Rising ...
Training and using artificial intelligence consumes energy and produces fossil fuel emissions and pollutants. AI has driven significant increases in greenhouse gas emissions from major technology ...
Today, the world faces record levels of conflict and violence with a significant impact on people. In 2023 alone, over 170 armed conflicts were recorded. By the end of the year, nearly 120 million ...
Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...
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