Wastewater treatment plants are not effectively removing this tiny pollutant, study shows.

Gator research uncovers increased levels of mercury in the state’s swamps.

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ released from the surfaces of rivers.

Karen Noda Morishita is using analytic chemistry to quantify organic contaminants.

From tiny pellets to creepy wave-battered baby dolls, the Texas coast is a notable hot spot for plastic debris.

MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that produces fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California.

Saltmarshes are net ‘sinks’ of carbon dioxide, according to pioneering research led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).

Methane emissions from Canada’s non-producing oil and gas wells appear to be seven times higher than government estimates, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University.

Minnesota Sea Grant-supported researchers studying harmful algal blooms in the St. Louis River Estuary that separates Minnesota and Wisconsin have made a breakthrough discovery: for the first time, they’ve linked a known cyanotoxin directly to a specific cyanobacteria species, Microcystis aeruginosa, in the Duluth-Superior harbor. 

Throughout May and June 2025, NASA satellites observed hints of a phytoplankton bloom off the coast of southeast Greenland.