Density of Harmful Chemicals that Damage Ozone Layer Slashed by 50% Since 1980s Levels
The NOAA has concluded that size of this hole is getting smaller and smaller as concentrations of the airborne chemicals diminish
The NOAA has concluded that size of this hole is getting smaller and smaller as concentrations of the airborne chemicals diminish
Researchers find one of the largest coral reefs in the world near Tahiti, with pristine rose-shaped corals stretching 2 miles.
Work still needs to be done to decide how marine protected areas in international waters will be established, managed, and protected
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More than 1,200 Belgian school children cleaned up the city of Ostend's beaches, joined by representatives of the UN—and some blue Smurfs.
Since the Ant Forest program launched in 2016, it has helped to plant more than 122 million trees in the most arid parts of China.
After years of population decline, giraffes have been given new international protections by the delegates at the CITES summit.
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Around the world volunteers are holding events this week to mark International Volunteer Day (December 5) and honor millions of volunteers who contribute their energy and initiative to projects around the world, including critical United Nations activities.
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to the World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian organization that feeds the hungry.
he African continent is finally free of the wild poliovirus, 24 years after Nelson Mandela helped Rotary International launch its Kick Polio Out of Africa campaign.
Fifteen years after nearly being annihilated by Saddam Hussein, almost half of Iraqí¢â¬â¢s fabled marshlands of Mesopotamia, considered by some to be the original Garden of Eden, have been restored with water and wildlife.
Reclassifying cannabis as a schedule IV substance, which is the UN's most restrictive drug category, could open new doors for medical research.
Scientists at Lancet report that the number of infections of Lymphatic Filaraisis has fallen by 150 million in 20 years.
A UNESCO report shows the proportion of girls being educated globally has risen to 89% in 25 years-180 million more girls in school.
The proportion of children under five who are chronically infected with Hepatitis B has fallen to just under 1%.
In the 2020 WHO report on tuberculosis, deaths and cases fell worldwide over the last five years, with 60 million people saved since 2000.
On the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons gets 50th signature to pass.
The World Health Organization reports that in the country of Myanmar, trachoma as a public health problem has been eliminated.
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