PFAS “forever chemicals” can lead to liver damage, obesity, hormonal disorders, and cancer, and a new study finds they also influence the development and function of the brain

There are large accumulations of plastics in the ocean, even outside so-called garbage patch: study has found large quantities (similar to those in one of the world’s largest garbage patches) of plastic waste and microplastics in a remote marine protected area in the Pacific Ocean

Thermal energy stored by land masses has increased significantly

The European drought event from 2018 to 2020 was the most intense in over 250 years

Gene transfer on the fungal highway

Fairy circles apparently not created by termites after all