The accumulation of microplastics in the environment, and within our bodies, is an increasingly worrisome issue.

New study from Hokkaido University details processes that keep pollutants aloft despite a drop in emissions.

A new study by Emory University researchers, published Thursday in Environmental Science & Technology, found that exposure to the tiny particles in air pollution during pregnancy can disrupt maternal metabolisms, altering key biological pathways.

Denitrification in tiny anoxic pockets on sand grains could account for up to one-third of total nitrogen loss in silicate shelf sands.

Ozone pollution is a global environmental concern that not only threatens human health and crop production, but also worsens global warming. 

Forests in the Peruvian Amazon aren’t growing back after gold mining — not just because the soil is damaged from toxic metals, but because the land has been depleted of its water.

The aviation industry accounted for 2.5% of global energy-related CO2 emissions in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency, opens in a new window (IEA).

We typically spend 80% of our time indoors, where the quality of the air we breathe depends on the age and type of building we occupy, as well as indoor pollution and outdoor pollution sources.

At the bottom of the world, where few humans have ever set foot, an unwelcome visitor has arrived.

The comprehensive research examined air quality in Reno, Nevada during 106 wildfires to illuminate the atmospheric and public health impacts of smoke.