Climate changing & Global warming

A third of Europe's city dwellers are exposed to the most important pollutants in terms of harm to human health, reveals the Air Quality Report 2012 of the European Environment Agency.

A recent research published in the "Nature Climate Change journal" looks at how the amphibians' immune systems appear to lose potency during unpredictable temperature shifts.

A recent study found that although the biodiversity in a large number of tropical forests have a protected status, it is still continuing to decline.

Cyprus took over the Presidency of the EU on 1st of July. Cyprus presented their environmental and health priorities and announced that their activities in the environmental field will focus on sustainable water management and climate change adaptation.

Exhaust fumes from diesel engines can cause cancer, especially lung cancer, and also tumours in the bladder, the World Health Organization reports.

92.1 % of bathing waters in the European Union now meet the minimum water quality standards, announced the European Commission last week.

Road pollution is more than twice as deadly as traffic accidents found a latest study on UK air quality published in Environmental Science and Technology.