Deadly wildfires, noise pollution, and disruptive timing of life cycles: UN report identifies looming environmental threats

Deadly wildfires, noise pollution, and disruptive timing of life cycles: UN report identifies looming environmental threats

Wildfires are burning more severely and more often, urban noise pollution is growing into a global public health menace, and phenological mismatches – disruptions in the timing of life-cycle stages in natural systems – are causing ecological consequences. These critical environmental issues, requiring greater attention, are highlighted in the new Frontiers Report published today by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).