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The latest potential breast cancer breakthrough? Honeybees
A new study from Australia has shown that honeybee venom might be able to successfully kill cancer cells for patients suffering form breast cancer.
Olivia is a freelance reporter for EcoWatch.
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The Ocean
Atlantic ocean holds 10x more plastic pollution than previously believed, new study finds
The amount of plastic in the ocean has been 'massively underestimated', according to a National Oceanography Centre study.
The Ocean
Greenland's ice sheet has reached 'point of no return'
A study has found Greenland's ice sheet would continue to shrink even if surface melting decreased and global warming was stemmed. But that doesn't mean giving up.
Climate Change
Polar Bears could be nearly gone by 2100, study finds
A new study has revealed that polar bears could be gone by as early as 2100, unless greenhouse gas emission are significantly reduced.
Antarctica
This penguin colony has fallen by 77% on Antarctic islands
Climate change is taking a heavy toll on penguins as their habitat is melting away due to warming oceans and melting glaciers. One penguin colony has seen its population fall by 77%.
How to Save the Planet
NASA and NOAA: last decade was the hottest on record
The average temperatures for 2019 were almost one-degree celsius above the average for the 20th century.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
2019 was the oceans' hottest year on record
From coral bleaching and rising sea levels to increased marine heatwaves and more powerful storms, climate change is destroying our ocean ecosystems - harming people just as much as the f...
Climate Change
Victoria Falls dries drastically after worst drought in a century
Southern Africa's iconic landmark is under threat, as these pictures of the Victoria Falls show. It's the latest of the seven natural wonders of the world to be struggling as the planet w...
Climate Change
Humans release 40 to 100 times more CO2 than volcanoes, according to a major study
This major study shows that humans emit 40 to 100x more carbon dioxide than volcanic eruptions every year.
SDG 13: Climate Action
An island-sized iceberg just broke off from Antarctica. This is the surprising reason
This 1,636 square kilometer iceberg came off of Antarctica's west shelf, called the Amery ice shelf. It was not due to global warming, but rather as part of a natural cycle.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
When future archaeologists study the earth, their main find will be plastic
Plastic accumulation in the sediment layer of the earth has increased exponentially following the end of World War II. Our fossil record is now marked by our "love of plastic".
Arctic
Antarctica lost sea ice four times the size of France in three years
Antarctic sea ice has typically been safe from the effects of climate change felt elsewhere on Earth. But in the last three years that has changed.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
The climate crisis is cooking mussels in their shells
An early June heat wave cooked the mussels of Northern California's Bodega Head in their shells, causing the largest die-off of the foundational species in the area in 15 years.
Climate Change
America’s shift from coal to renewable energy has begun
In April 2019, the U.S. generated more electricity from renewable sources than from coal for the first time ever.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Antarctica’s ice is melting 5 times faster than in the 90s
Almost 25 percent of the West Antarctic ice shelf is now thinning, and the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers are losing ice at five times the rate they were in the early 1990s.