As rain offers a welcome relief to fire-scorched Australia, concerns over flash floods and freshwater contamination cast a shadow on the joy.

Cornell researchers have found a new species of soil bacteria – which they named in memory of the Cornell professor who first discovered it – that is particularly adept at breaking down organic matter, including the cancer-causing chemicals that are released when coal, gas, oil and refuse are burned.

With the recent fracking boom causing low gas prices, fossil fuel companies are seeking other ways to bolster their profits — by making more plastic.

A world without phosphorous is a world without life. But phosphorous is a finite resource, so researchers are recovering it from sewage.

Is the water in your home actually safe, given that water utility companies in the U.S. aren’t required by law to monitor the water that specifically enters a building at its service line?

Many of the plastic containers labeled as recyclable in the United States may not actually be recyclable, according to a new report from Greenpeace.

New Australian technology that could fix some of the world’s biggest environmental pollution problems – oil spills, mercury pollution and fertiliser runoff – will soon be available to global markets following the signing of a landmark partnership with Flinders University.

Systems approaching viability in field tests of Duke-led Gates Foundation "Reinvent the Toilet" project.

As China battles one of the most serious virus epidemics of the century, the impacts on the country’s energy demand and emissions are only beginning to be felt.

The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, was once a shallow sea that became isolated from the Gulf of Mexico around 43 million years ago.