Although climate change gets the headlines, we still have the old environmental challenges, such as preserving wildlife and reducing water pollution—the ...

Many of the world’s great cities grew around rivers. The modern city also relies, at least in part, on the bottom of a river. Because before concrete becomes a building or a highway, dredgers and ...

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

Imagine someone has chronic pain. One doctor focuses on the body part that hurts and keeps trying to fix that single symptom. Another uses a more comprehensive brain-body approach and tries to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathleen Walch covers AI, ML, and big data best practices. Jun 18, 2025, 04:31am EDT AI is both accelerating environmental ...

There are a record number of conflicts raging around the world—from Ukraine and Gaza to Sudan and Myanmar. Alongside their devastating human toll, these conflicts are all wreaking havoc on the ...

Environmental engineering combines scientific and engineering principles to improve and maintain the environment in order to protect human health, natural resources, and natural environments.

Wales prides itself in being a pioneer in environmental policy. It was the first country in the world to adopt a statutory duty for public bodies to make development sustainable, in 2015. Yet, ...

Ghana’s environmental crisis is not primarily a problem of inadequate knowledge but a political problem arising from the failure to act on challenges the country has known about for decades, former ...