A new study has found that the resulting overfertilization of the ground with nitrogen and phosphorus by footpaths could reach levels that would be illegal on farmland.
A report by McKinsey, one of the world's most influential consulting firms, estimates that $9.2 trillion will need to be invested every year for decades to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 C and end the climate emergency.
A new study is the first large-scale global assessment of the plastic-degrading potential of bacteria and found that one in four of the organisms analyzed carried a suitable enzyme.