We’ll Be Dumping a Garbage Truck of Plastic Every Second by 2040, Report Warns
Around the world, plastic is falling through the cracks of waste management systems and into our water, land,…
Plastic Pollution Will More than Double by 2040, Yielding a Garbage Truck’s Worth of Waste Each Second
December 5, 2025 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm A Garbage Truck of Plastic Will Be…
‘I’d never thought of this before’
Bringing home strawberries or tomatoes often means ending up with a pile of clear plastic clamshell containers. Instead…
How decades of deforestation turned Asia’s floods into one of the deadliest weather events of 2025
Overlapping tropical storms and “intensified” monsoon systems have unleashed widespread devastation across Asia, with rescue teams still racing…
Osaka Expo Materials Reused and Recycled Around Japan, Exemplifying the Circular Economy
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe new radiative cooling material “Space Cool” used as the distinctive outer membrane of…
Major earthquake in Tokyo metropolitan area may claim 18,000 lives: estimate
This file photo shows a view of Tokyo full of…
Ocean warming linked to massive shellfish losses in Japan
Oysters in Japan are dying en masse in parts of the country’s top production area, likely due to…
Nowhere to move: How climate change became the property market’s biggest nightmare
Climate change-fuelled risks have now become a “crucial factor in home-buying decisions” for more than 80 per cent…
Which animal could replace humans as Earth’s dominant species?
The idea of life continuing on Earth without humans is difficult to fathom. Though our species has only…
‘All being poisoned slowly’: Air purifiers offer only limited respite from India’s chronic pollution
BENGALURU – When English professor Shweta Philip sleeps, she needs the reassuring hum of an air purifier in…
Waterloo’s Christmas Tree Lab is trying to save a long-standing tradition from climate change
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a…
From planting trees to making them solar-powered — India tests 53.6 kW “living” power plant absorbing 12 tons of CO₂
India has made a revolution in renewable sources with the invention of the world’s biggest solar tree that…