When you're on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it's likely ...

A third of Americans still breathe unhealthy air after decades of improvements—which the Trump administration wants to roll ...

A major study links long-term air pollution, especially sulfur dioxide, to higher depression risk, urging stronger pollution ...

A researcher has identified a surprising source of plastic pollution: chewing gum. In an essay for The Conversation, microplastics expert David Jones of the UK's University of Portsmouth revealed ...

Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with cognitive decline, particularly in language skills, among older adults ...

Fossil fuels drive climate change, pollution, disease, species loss, and injustice. A review urges governments to stop fossil ...

"Out of sight, out of mind" is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets. But the drugs we take, from anxiety medications to antibiotics, don't simply vanish after leaving our bodies. Many ...

Research reveals air pollution, particularly from industry and fuels, negatively affects cognitive function in older adults, ...

Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers ...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued an Ozone Action Day, also known as an Air Quality Alert, for the ...

Kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the ozone layer protects humanity and all life from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.