A scientific paper published in 1985 was the first to report a burgeoning hole in Earth’s stratospheric ozone over Antarctica.

Australians desperate for solutions to raging wildfires might find them 8,000 miles away, where a new Stanford-led study proposes ways of overcoming barriers to prescribed burns – fires purposefully set under controlled conditions to clear ground fuels.

Confirms that poultry wastewater inhibits microbes’ capacity to remove nitrogen.

CMU researchers have found a missing source of emissions that may explain roughly half of secondary organic aerosol.

Sand crabs, a key species in beach ecosystems, were found to have increased adult mortality and decreased reproductive success when exposed to plastic microfibers, according to a new Portland State University study.

Children with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and elevated prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems, according to researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia Psychiatry. 

Urban growth boundaries are created by governments in an effort to concentrate urban development — buildings, roads and the utilities that support them — within a defined area. 

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are among the most common organisms on Earth.

Low-cost sensors provide localized air quality data.

Research scientists are now working on measuring and capturing microplastics in our laundry.