The choices we make today will determine whether we have a livable future.
Planetary Health Innovations in Action
From satellites to revamped supply chains, creative solutions offer hope in a world full of challenges.
Letters
Readers respond to our reporting on aging in America and other stories from our Spring/Summer 2024 issue.
How humans navigate a world out of balance.
In New Orleans’ urban heat islands, too few green spaces, poverty, and inadequate cooling options make residents vulnerable to heat’s health risks.
Trillions of tiny plastic fragments have dispersed throughout the Earth—and most human bodies. It’s one example of how humans have disrupted natural systems with devastating consequences.
From innovating ways to preserve glacial ice to predicting climate-driven migration shifts to building resilient cities, researchers are exploring scalable solutions to safeguard a planet in peril.
Community vs. Coal
Protesting coal dust and half-burned medical waste, South Baltimore residents lead the way on environmental health research.
Biodiversity is one of the best defenses against many infectious diseases.
“We need to be ambitious and speak uncomfortable truth to intransigent power,” says planetary health leader Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood.