Scientists have struggled to explain the rapid acceleration of global warming over the past 15 years, with temperatures now ...

Ahead of the International Day of Clean Air, here’s a look at what causes air pollution, what it does to people and how the ...

Efforts to manage the Earth’s climate - whether by reducing pollution or deploying geoengineering - risk catastrophic ...

It’s no secret that air pollution is a serious problem facing the world today. Just how serious? A new study on global daily levels of air pollution shows that hardly anywhere on Earth is safe from ...

Almost everyone on Earth lives in areas with harmful levels of air pollution that breach new guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO). The official figure is that 99 per cent of the world’s ...

Higher exposure to fine air pollution (PM2.5) worsens Alzheimer’s disease by increasing harmful brain proteins and speeding ...

While visions of improved recreational options for the Blue Earth River may be a silver lining to the Rapidan Dam failure, the significant increase in pollution downstream is troubling at best and ...

Plastic bags are everywhere, and too many slip into rivers and onto beaches. A new analysis finds that policies that either ...

Earth Island Institute (Earth Island) has reached a settlement with Danone North America in its ongoing litigation against major food, beverage, and consumer goods companies for its role in the global ...

This cross-border environmental crisis is already impacting the Mekong, and experts warn that pollutants could even reach the South China Sea.