Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, which is harming animal and possibly human health. Can plastic pollution be cleaned up?

What causes global warming? When fossil fuel emissions are pumped into the atmosphere, they change the chemistry of our atmosphere, allowing sunlight to reach the Earth but preventing heat from ...

The smog covering Pakistan's second largest city has been captured in satellite images.

Pollution is the process of making land, water, air or other parts of the environment dirty and not safe or suitable to use. This can be done through the introduction of a contaminant into a ...

Light pollution, or photo pollution, is the presence of excess artificial light and is the result of urbanization and industrialization. It is only one of the many forms of pollution on Earth ...

With most of the world’s students now at home due to COVID-19, the pandemic is revealing startling divides in digitally-based distance learning, data from the UN education and cultural agency, UNESCO, ...

A satellite that detects pollution linked to cars and trucks shows declines over major metropolitan areas, including Los Angeles, Seattle, and New York.

Killer Slime, Dead Birds, An Expunged Map: The Dirty Secrets of European Farm Subsidies By Matt Apuzzo, Selam Gebrekidan, Agustin Armendariz and Jin Wu Dec. 25, 2019 In the spring of 2017, a ...

Some 30 areas have air pollution levels above World Health Organization limits, its report says.

Scientists in Edinburgh are using hi-tech backpacks to study personal exposure to air pollution.

One Hour Of Grass Cutting Equals 100 Miles Worth Of Auto Pollution Date: June 1, 2001 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: The air pollution from cutting grass for an hour with a gasoline ...