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Both men and women evaluated women more negatively as a leader if the image suggested she was wearing a lot of makeup. (Photo: Pixabay)

Many cosmetics in Indian market contain microplastics or microbeads:...

Microbeads have been recognized as a pollutant globally and are being banned in many countries but there has been little...

30 April 2018 12:52 PM

No one knows how much debris makes up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre is too large for scientists to trawl.

Magnitude of the planetary crisis

Plastic not only takes years to decompose in our environment but rarely does it fully disappear.

16 April 2018 7:10 PM

If a certain sheet mask is the holy grail to your skin care and you cannot do without it, balance out your habits by reducing carbon footprint elsewhere. (Photo: Instagram)

Sheet masks: The new plastic straws?

Research has proven that sheet masks are just as bad for the environment as plastic straws.

30 Oct 2019 2:57 PM

Australia witnesses hottest day ever, hotter days expected

Australia witnesses hottest day ever, hotter days expected

Australia has its hottest day on record, more to come.

18 Dec 2019 1:15 PM

These companies are destroying our planet and our right to fair climate negotiations free from their influence. (Photo: AFP)

Fossil fuel groups try influencing climate change talks

Fossil fuel groups 'destroying' climate talks: NGOs.

7 Dec 2019 1:16 PM

Russias weather service said temperatures in the region should fall from Saturday and that coastal ice should freeze by December 11. (Photo: AFP)

Polar bears move away from Arctic as ice weakens

Weak Arctic ice sees 56 polar bears descend on Russian village.

7 Dec 2019 8:23 AM

File photo of a recent beach clean-up.

City beaches have most microplastics

Microplastics were segregated from the samples and they were identified for the study, which was published in the Marine...

20 May 2019 12:58 AM

WHO called for further analysis of microplastics in the environment and their potential health significance. (Photo: AP)

WHO says microplastics in water not harmful to health

UN: Don't worry about drinking microplastics in water.

22 Aug 2019 6:17 AM

A landmark UN report to be unveiled next week will warn global warming and pollution are ravaging Earths oceans and icy regions in ways that could unleash misery on a global scale. (Photo: AFP)

Thousands of activists conduct mass cleanup of world's beaches

Environmental activists pluck plastic from world's beaches on mass cleanup day.

22 Sept 2019 7:24 AM

The presence of microplastics in the soil could cause long term damage to the worms and the soil quality. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Microplastics are inhibiting earthworm growth, degrading agricultural...

A study shows that the presence of microplastics in soil is not allowing worms to thrive, thus reducing soil quality.

12 Sept 2019 6:55 AM

The scientists, who published their findings in peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Marine Science, said areas with more floating rubbish generally had more microplastic fragments on the sea floor. (Representational Image: AFP)

14 million tonnes of microplastics on sea floor: Australian study

The quantity of the tiny pollutants was 25 times greater than previous localised studies had shown

7 Oct 2020 6:08 AM

Microplastics can be carried hundreds or thousands of miles away from the source by ocean currents. (Photo: PTI/File)

Scientists use NASA satellite data to track ocean microplastics from...

These small flecks of plastic are harmful to marine organisms and ecosystems

27 Jun 2021 4:48 AM