A new study by IIASA researchers offers a pioneering way to understand how climate change affects people’s lives over the long term. Using a global model and the Years of Good Life (YoGL) metric, the research shows that today’s emissions shape future wellbeing, especially for younger generations.

Swansea experts have carried out the largest ever comparison of wellbeing-focused interventions delivered to adults. They reviewed 183 randomized controlled trials, representing almost 23,000 participants, looking at different interventions and concluded that that a range of interventions can work depending on the individual’s needs.

A new study by researchers at the University of Seville reveals that 100% of children analyzed in the province of Seville show simultaneous exposure to multiple metals during their first two years of life. The research, which monitored a cohort of 100 healthy children born between 2020 and 2022, highlights that even in non-industrial urban areas, "silent" environmental exposure to metal mixtures significantly correlates with deficits in cognitive, motor, and language development.

Environmental phenomena and their consequences can disrupt social structures and destabilize political systems. An interdisciplinary research team demonstrated this using the example of the late Tang dynasty in medieval China.