Finding chemicals in bodily fluids is evidence of contact with them through inhalation, dermal exposure, or ingestion, and it typically leads to two questions that pose important challenges in ...

Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like genetic lineage, gender, and health risks, according to our ...

An international group of scientists are calling for a strengthened commitment to transdisciplinary collaboration to study past and present human-environmental interactions, which they say will ...

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...

The world is moving in a perilous direction when it comes to planet-warming methane emissions, which are soaring to record highs driven largely by human activity, new research warns. In April of this ...

Plastic production, use, and disposal have significant impacts on human rights. Plastics contain toxic chemical additives, which can pose significant threats to human health. Because they are made of ...

In the 15th century, amidst a prolonged era of imperial violence, a damaging chain of events played out on the island of Madeira, located in the northern Atlantic, that would repeat itself over and ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) welcomes the opportunity to provide information to the Special Rapporteur to inform her upcoming report to the United Nations General Assembly in its eightieth session. This ...

While leaders in Washington have the option to maintain the status quo around artificial intelligence, the Government Accountability Office suggests that legislators and policymakers take action to ...