From the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains, summers in the West are marked by wildfires and smoke.

New research indicates that the computer-based models currently used to simulate how Earth’s climate will change in the future underestimate the impact that forest fires and drying climate are having on the world’s northernmost forests, which make up the largest forest biome on the planet. 

Forget diamonds—plastic is forever. It takes decades, or even centuries, for plastic to break down, and nearly every piece of plastic ever made still exists in some form today.

Following several explosive eruptions on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, volcanic ash poses myriad hazards in the air and on the ground.

A ship’s container lost overboard in the North Atlantic has resulted in printer cartridges washing up everywhere from the coast of Florida to northern Norway, a new study has shown.

The Marcellus Formation straddles the New York State and Pennsylvania border, a region that shares similar geography and population demographics.  

Aerosol products used in the home now emit more harmful volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution than all the vehicles in the UK, new research shows.

In an effort to fight the millions of tons of marine litter floating in the ocean, Florida State University researchers have developed a new virtual tool to track this debris.

A study finds that nearly all major emissions categories contribute to the systemic air pollution exposure disparity experienced by people of color.

With climate change looming, what must people hear to convince them to change their ways to stop harming the environment?