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Plastic has reached the deepest point on the planet, a place — the Challenger Deep — located 11,000 metres below sea level where very few people have visited. This discovery is the best proof of the magnitude of the problem and that the time has come to become aware of it and do everything possible to reverse the situation.

The melting of the glaciers, a phenomenon that intensified in the 20th century, is leaving our planet iceless. Human activity is the main culprit in the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The sea level and global stability depend on how these great masses of recrystallized snow evolve.

Ecovillages are small, self-sufficient communities that live from and for their natural surroundings. There are more than 10,000 ecovillages in the world, mainly in rural areas where their inhabitants build societies based on cooperation, self-sufficiency, renewable energies and ecological materials. Find out how they work...

Since the Paris Agreement, one term is being used in all the conversations on climate change: mitigation. The aim is to reduce emissions of polluting gases into the atmosphere and one of the ways to do this is to increase the presence of carbon sinks on Earth.

Los expertos estiman que el 99 % de los animales que una vez habitaron el planeta ya no existen y, sin duda, la mano humana ha tenido mucho que ver con estas desapariciones. Sin embargo, en otras ocasiones ha logrado que algunas especies sobrevivan gracias al conservacionismo ambiental. Conoce a diez animales salvados de la extinción.

Invasive alien species are species that have been introduced, either naturally, accidentally or intentionally, into an environment that is not their own. After a certain amount of time, they adapt to their new environment and begin to colonise it. Such species are the second biggest cause of loss of biodiversity in the world, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Below, we take a look at some of the most harmful.