"A piece of space debris the size of a blueberry can create the impact of a falling anvil." Scientists raise alarm after ...

An oil spill can have disastrous material consequences for workers, habitats, and, but the true initial strength of the spill is visual. You couldn’t have built a better theatre for a spill than Santa ...

In the hope of expanding public awareness about air and water pollution ... The first Earth Day also came at a time when a wave of legislation was being passed in the US, including the Clean ...

All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk, Grist explains. New research, published in Nature ...

Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) have stabilized after a period of huge growth. Average ...

Experts find that up to 250,000 deaths linked to air pollution in Europe could be prevented by 2050 if emissions are ...

One hundred days into the second Trump administration, many environmentalists’ worst fears about the new presidency have been ...

That’s exposed a blind spot in environmental laws: They only deal with pollution from human activities near Earth’s surface .

Ahead of the UNEP-hosted World Environment Day, here’s a closer look at what plastic pollution is, why it’s such a problem ...

Major elements of that failed craft remained in Earth orbit. The upper stage of the Soyuz booster launching that Venus probe cut off prematurely, leaving the payload marooned in Earth orbit.

Every year between January and April, South-east Asia is plagued by smog from farmers lighting fires to clear land, emitting microscopic PM2.5 pollution that lines the lungs and enters the ...