Earth's drylands expand, affecting billions as climate warms

As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three decades, over three-fourths of all the world's land became drier than it had been in the previous 30 years.

PFAS: The next asbestos?

In some of the Earth's most remote and inaccessible regions, there are traces of humankind.

World's glacier mass shrank again in 2024, UN says

All 19 of the world's glacier regions experienced a net loss of mass in 2024 for the third consecutive year, the United Nations said Friday, warning that saving the planet's glaciers was now a matter of "survival."

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