Tiny airborne particles known as aerosols, from biomass burning, urban pollution, and industrial emissions, can dramatically ...

Several locations around the world are inundated with polluted water and the situation in these hot spots may only get worse in the coming years. This water pollution mainly comes from the leakage of ...

By RuhailMaqbool Sheikh sheikhruhail@gmail.com  The problems we face in the 21st century go beyond just economics, technology ...

Chemicals from wastewater, such as illicit drugs and byproducts, have been found in the air along the coast near the polluted Tijuana River. Researchers said the pollutants are carried in wastewater ...

Dirty and unsafe water is a prime health threat in Iraq, where decades of conflict, mismanagement and corruption have taken a toll on infrastructure — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Stricken by drought and depleted ...

Nitrogen pollution could intensify global water scarcity threefold by 2050, scientists warn in a recently published paper. In addition, “newly emerging pollutants,” such as microplastics, heavy metals ...

Analysing the diversity of organic compounds dissolved in freshwater provides a reliable measure of ecosystem health, say scientists. The source of pollutants in rivers and freshwater lakes can now be ...

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper. The ...

As we clean up the air, we also seem to making warming a bit worse. By David Gelles Some good news: The air we breathe has been getting cleaner. Across the globe and for many years now, air quality ...

Microplastics are turning up everywhere, from remote mountain tops to deep ocean trenches. They also are in many animals, including humans. The most common microplastics in the environment are ...