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Pollution, overfishing and oxygen depletion are damaging coastal waters across the world. Often fish
Concrete is the most used man-made product in the world but it comes with a heavy environmental pric
For the growing number of working women in Dhaka, commuting to work can be a challenge. The traff
For most of human history, pumping carbon dioxide into the air has come free of charge. Burning foss
In the US most people who are charged with a crime can’t afford expensive lawyers and investigators
It’s estimated that more than 100 million girls under the age of 18 will be married in the next deca
Each year, mental health practitioners from around the world visit Trieste in Italy to see what they
On average, one in eight children in the UK has a mental health disorder – that’s about three childr
Neighbours in the US are using cameras that read car number plates to record vehicles driving down t
More than five billion people around the world don’t have access to safe, affordable surgical care.
In the 1990s Portugal had a major heroin problem, and when it came to people injecting drugs it had
To prevent the worst effects of climate change, we need to massively cut how much carbon we pump int
People diagnosed with bipolar disorder are commonly treated with a variety of drugs. They aren’t alw
We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste. The idea came abo
It’s not a good time to be a meat eater. Pressure is growing to tackle climate change – and the liv
Matsuri Takahashi was 24 when she died. She took her own life after doing more than 100 hours overti
Period poverty affects girls and women across the world who can’t afford to buy sanitary pads or tam
If you examine the atoms in a piece of wood, you can tell to the nearest 10km where it has come from
Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away? Nick Holland lo
The average dog produces about 124kg of poo every year, but not all of that gets picked up and dispo
