When we think of urban air pollution, diesel exhaust emissions are often portrayed as a key culprit – rightly so, given previous research findings. However, our latest research shows that dust from ...

Yellowknife residents spotted and filmed the animal, which caused quite a stir online. Experts weigh in after frightening ...

By Lisa Song This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom ...

Building soil health is one of the highest priorities for improving the overall environment, but cropland is not good for soil health. Importantly, according to the World Bank, 83 percent of existing ...

A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals spent time on mudflats that were sometimes exposed to the air – a find that c ...

Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

Is industrial agriculture both ruining air quality and delaying climate change? Aerosols—suspensions of fine solid particles ...

The negative effects on air quality from industrialized animal facilities in North Carolina stick around for a long time, according to a new study that also showed the effects are felt most by ...

The banks of the mighty Meghna River, in some areas, are littered with an alarming number of dead fish and other aquatic species. Shocking levels of industrial pollution are to blame for this, experts ...

Scott Mason IV, a former deputy energy secretary for Oklahoma and member of the Cherokee nation, is the new administrator for ...

After years of strict bans to curb pollution, China is reversing its zero-tolerance stance on crop burning, allowing ...