Global science

Experiments, articles and profiles that show the worldwide scope and impact of chemistry.

Ocean acidification

By Emma Davies

How scientists are fighting the serious risk atmospheric carbon dioxide poses to our seas – and the planet

How do trees clean our air?

By Hayley Bennett, Kristy Turner

Investigating the role trees can play in reducing air pollution

Fixing fashion

By Nina Notman, Catherine Smith

What’s the environmental impact of our clothes throughout their life cycle?

Global issues

The massive problem of microplastics

As plastics fill up and pollute our oceans, recognising their value rather than thinking of them as disposable could help us deal with what has turned into a large, global problem

Grand challenges set for science students

New competition asks young people to explore solutions for global health and development issues

Good chemistry

There are all sorts of ways chemists can use their skills to aid global development, writes Josh Howgego

Climate research heats up

Nina Notman meets some of the atmospheric chemists fitting the pieces of the climate change jigsaw together

Set a fungus to catch a fungus

Ian Le Guillou finds out how the success of the synthetic organic fungicide azoxystrobin showcases the importance of organic chemistry to global food production