Air pollution does not have to exceed federal limits to potentially harm human health, according to a new review published in Environmental Pollution. In a review of decades of air pollution studies, ...

A group of B.C. scientists is moving to create an early warning system to pinpoint the source of human and animal fecal pollution — a poop contamination problem that regularly plagues the shellfish ...

Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is the framing that a growing number of legal experts, policymakers, and ...

Acid rain is a very broad term. It encompasses not only rain but also other forms of precipitation including fog, hail, sleet, snow, dust, and gas. It can even cause haze or smog, contributing to the ...

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global threat to human health. “To those meeting in Geneva: Please take up the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have detected man-made mercury pollution at the bottom of ...

One day in January, foamy waves jostled the edge of a floating dock in New York City’s Hudson River Park. The structure, assembled from interlocking rectangles, looked bucking, alive, insistent on ...

Government officials, local authorities, health professionals, and civil society are gathering today at the second global conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia. As ...

Researchers and student volunteers pick up what seabirds throw up, then examine it for clues about our impact on the environment Jessica Leigh Hester Scientists scavenge the docks of Manhattan’s ...