Despite reductions, pollution in growing regions persists, pointing to mitigation opportunities.

A LEGO brick could survive in the ocean for as many as 1,300 years, according to new research.

Focusing on urbanization as a key driver of environmental change in the 21st century, researchers at Princeton University have created a framework to understand and compare cities’ food systems and their effects on climate change, water use and land use.

Our domestic recycling infrastructure was never developed, so there was no economical or efficient way to handle recycling when the market disappeared.

Relatively small changes to the climate in some parts of the world can be more obvious than larger changes elsewhere, according to a new study.

Transformative actions implemented by cities to address and mitigate the impacts of climate change may be hindered by political struggles for municipal power.

Researchers warn: genetic diversity remains unconsidered.

Using more than 30 years of earth satellite images, scientists at Tufts University and the non-profit conservation organization Defenders of Wildlife have discovered that habitat loss for imperiled species in the U.S. over this period was more than twice as great on non-protected private lands than on federally protected lands. 

Wetlands, floodplains and aquatic habitats are some of Utah’s most important ecosystems.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have raised serious concerns with the performance of some arsenic test kits commonly used in Bangladesh to monitor water contamination.