Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...

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 ...

Air pollution has a "dramatic" impact on the amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface, reveals new research. Solar radiative energy declined in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the 1980s ...

What long-term threats does plastic pollution have on the Earth, and specifically marine life? This is what a recent study published in Nature Sustainability hopes to address as a team of scientists ...

RAPIDAN — The water quality in the Blue Earth River has deteriorated significantly since the Rapidan Dam suffered a partial failure and sent nearly 12 million cubic yards of sediment behind the dam ...

What can estuaries, mixture locations salt and freshwater, teach environmentalists about pollution and extreme events? This is what a recent study published in Environmental Science and Pollution ...

Ten years ago, there were about 1,200 satellites in orbit around the earth. Now there are about 12,000 and the numbers are growing rapidly. Starlink alone has 9,000 satellites in its communications ...

The cosmos has a way of making us feel small, but a recent visitor from the stars is making some scientists feel watched.

Earth Day coloring book design contest for K-12 students: design pages showing solutions to pollution. Winning art will ...