In 1950, smoking was confirmed to cause lung cancer. Fast-forward more than 70 years and tobacco still causes 8 million preventable deaths every year. So why has progress been so slow, and how does the story of the tobacco industry relate to the climate crisis? 

On February 3rd, a train carrying large amounts of hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, a small community of 5,000 people near the Pennsylvania border situated between Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The train is operated by Norfolk Southern Railway, which manages almost 20,000 miles of the railroad along the eastern United States.

Tragedy struck the Middle East this week as a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6. This natural disaster destroyed thousands of buildings across the region, pushing the confirmed death toll past 7,200.

The rate and intensity of wildfires is increasing year over year, drawing concern from health officials that chronic exposure to toxic compounds constitutes an acute public health crisis.

In the USA, 1,606 people have died from gun violence in in January 2023 alone. With 53 mass shootings already, gun violence is a threat to public health. But why is this the case, and what are some of the proposed anti-gun violence strategies?

In December 2022, the biodiversity-focussed 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), bringing the focus back on nature and putting our planet first. But why is biodiversity loss a problem, and what does the GBF hope to achieve?

The Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii erupted around midnight on Sunday, November 27th for the first time in 38 years. The once-sleeping giant is the largest active volcano in the world, covering over half of the island with an area of over 1,900 square miles.