If you’re not careful, pollution can be one of the biggest downfalls to any city, as poor placement of services that output pollution can cause significant effects on citizen health, whether through ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

For the majority of golfers, knowing how to hit a draw is the promised land. That’s the stock shot that they want. To get there, you have to understand the conditions it takes to get that ...

As plastic waste piles up in the world’s landfills, sewer systems and oceans, the United Nations has set a goal to reduce plastic pollution by 80 percent by the year 2040. Inger Andersen, head of the ...

A number of recent studies have drawn stronger connections between air pollution and serious health problems than previously understood, but there are several methods experts recommend individuals and ...

Oliver A.H. Jones receives funding from the Australian Research Council, various water utilities, EPA Victoria and the Defence Science Institute for research into environmental pollution, including ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the current wildfire smoke conditions in the U.S. The original story was published Jan. 8, 2025. Smoke from Canadian wildfires continued to prompt ...

Dr. Okello Gabriel works at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and his Research Fellowship is funded by a philanthropic donation from AstraZeneca. The views expressed ...

Dirty outdoor air might grab the headlines, but learning how pollutants inside buildings form, accumulate and affect our health is equally crucial. Alastair C. Lewis is a professor of atmospheric ...

“There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year. Credit...Hannah Yoon for The New York Times ...