You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

In this outdoor activity, students explore the various types of pollution that exists in an urban environment. They discover the multiple signs and evidence of pollution in a local site, and consider ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

"A lot of this pollution ends up back down on the surface." Dry deposition is the process by which various types of air pollution are spread by weather conditions and shifting winds without ...

“We know enough to act to reduce plastic pollution from entering the oceans, lakes, and rivers.” Nations can enact bans on certain types of plastic, focusing on those that are the most ...

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is an analytical technique used for the analysis of elemental compositions in various samples, including biological samples. In recent times ...