Air quality in Bangkok is hovering at unhealthy levels as the amount of PM 2.5 exceeded the safe level. Wednesday’s Air Quality Index in Bangkok was 175 at midday.
A gigantic cavity - almost 300 meters tall - growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of several disturbing discoveries reported in a new study of the disintegrating glacier.
After testing 45 popular fruit juices in U.S., the research found elevated levels of cadmium, lead, mercury, and inorganic arsenic (the type most harmful to health) in almost half of them.
While Australia and New Zealand battles record-smashing heat, interminable drought and deadly bushfires, the United States is in the grip of a polar vortex, with temperatures plunging to their lowest in history.
In an open-access study of over 2,400 children, researchers found that the more time young children spend glued to screens, the worse their score on tests of cognitive and emotional development.
Made up of 43 public health experts from 14 countries, the Lancet Commission, UK, states that the problems of obesity, malnutrition and climate change are linked by factors such as overconsumption, unchecked marketing and government failures.
If you see a video of a politician speaking words he never would utter, or a Hollywood star improbably appearing in a cheap adult movie, don't adjust your television set—you may just be witnessing the future of "fake news."
A new study revealed a number of harmful substances in diapers, including banned chemicals and the weedkiller glyphosate, which is classified by the World Health Organization as a probable carcinogen.
Previous studies have identified a link between lead and intelligence, but this study looked at changes in personality and mental health as a result of exposure to the heavy metal.
New science suggests Greenland may be approaching a dangerous tipping point, with implications for global sea-level rise.
We can no longer feed our population a healthy diet while balancing planetary resources. For the first time in 200,000 years of human history, we are severely out of sync with the planet and Nature.
A Caribbean island once full of lush trees and teeming with wildlife is nearly completely deforested and undergoing a mass extinction event. More than half of the country's species predicted to be gone by 2035.
The travel industry keeps growing. There were an estimated 1.3 billion international arrivals in 2017 and that will only increase as more people view travel as a right, rather than a luxury.
UK report has found that spending one hour on the London tube is more toxic than spending all day on above ground in ambient London air.
U.S. researchers have discovered that air pollution increases the risk of miscarriage as much as smoking does. The study is the first of its kind to examine how short-term exposure to air pollution impacts pregnancy.
