environment

175 countries endorse the new United Nations Plastic Pollution Treaty, as experts warn that plastic consumption is set to double in the world's biggest economies.

According to ISB Global CEO, many waste companies continue to use outdated IT systems that fail to provide a comprehensive, joined-up view of the waste and emissions generated by both waste management companies and their customers.

The authorities closed one of the country's famous beaches after sharks brutally attacked a dolphin

According to a new study published in the journal Current Biology, dolphins "shout" to each other to drown out background noise and communicate.

Around 2,500 endangered seals were found dead in the southern Russian province of Dagestan over the weekend.

The "megadrought" being witnessed by much of the US Southwest has forced rivers and lakes to run almost dry.

A new study has found that air pollution particles can cross the placenta and reach babies in the womb.

An unidentified family member of the couple that was responsible for releasing the dyes is being charged with harming the environment.

More than 1 million species are at risk of extinction, and several others have already disappeared.

High temperatures coupled with low rainfall may result in Germany's five alpine glaciers disappearing within a span of 50 years

The unprecedented heatwave in Europe has pushed the freezing point in Switzerland way above its highest summits.

A baby seal was found almost 3 miles away from its home in the ocean at a farm in South Australia on Thursday.

A social media influencer, Emma, who goes by the username @emickkah on TikTok has claimed that her aesthetician found the beads from a face scrub in her pores.

A pregnant Sumatran elephant was found dead of suspected poisoning in Indonesia's Riau province.

A petrol tanker washed ashore on a beach in front of the Durban Country Club in KwaZulu-Natal province on Tuesday morning after unprecedented floods hit parts of South Africa's south-eastern coast.

Greta Thunberg received $1.14 million humanitarian prize money from Portuguese Foundation

Scientists say that if deforestation extends 20% of its original area, it may be too late to save the Amazon rainforest.

People are planting trees all around the world in Donald Trump's name in an attempt to offset the extra carbon in the atmosphere from his climate change policies.

Researchers from the NOAA unexpectedly detected a particle of enriched uranium floating above Alaska.

Saverio Mayer, European boss of FTSE 100 packaging giant Smurfit Kappa, tells IBTimes UK his job is not to sell more paper but optimised sustainable solutions.

An international team of researchers examined 151 nations around the world, finding that not a single one was operating in a sustainable manner.

The toxic monster fatberg that took nine weeks to remove and was bigger than Tower Bridge.

The research, which involved more than 34,000 people, is the first to examine the environmental impacts of both diet and farm production systems.

Researchers say that a stellar event known as a grand minimum will likely take place in the near future, causing our star to give off less radiation.

Scandinavian method of recycling pay-as-you-use bottles could soon come to the UK as means to dent plastics mountain.

Research may explain why genetically identical viruses are often found in very different environments around the globe.

"Oklahoma has been transformed from a seismic dead zone to a hotspot in less than a decade," according to a University of Southampton academic.

Earth's magnetic field is crucial to the survival of life on our planet as it deflects damaging cosmic rays and solar winds.

A five-year-old girl named Ava wrote to Pizza Express asking for them to stop giving out plastic straws with every meal. The restaurant chain has vowed to switch to paper straws.

These particles, known as aerosols, are the result of urban and industrial pollution, wildfires and other sources.