Raindrops and ice forms rapidly and easily around nanosized particles of metal contaminants

As blue-green algae proliferates around the world, a University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher cautions that current municipal drinking water monitoring that focuses on a single toxin associated with the cyanobacteria blooms is likely to miss the true public health risks.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the world’s largest development lender, announced it will no longer finance fossil fuel projects, starting in 2021, several news outlets reported.

Toxic substances such as pesticides can cause effects on sensitive individuals in concentrations up to ten thousand times lower than previously assumed.

Scientists offer new clues about importance to climate of water, light, and particle surfaces.

Around 97% of all micro-rubber particles in the environment originate from tyre abrasion. But where does it go?

Nitrate nitrogen deposition accounted for 86.25% of the increase in atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the area.

Almost one-third of Canadians live near a major roadway – and this means they go about their everyday lives exposed to a complex mixture of vehicle air pollutants.

A new study which combines measurements from nearly 1,400 drinking water wells across North Carolina estimates that more than half of the wells in the state’s central region contain levels of cancer-causing hexavalent chromium in excess of state safety standards.

According to new research grassroots movements can help shift how we think about recycling and the growing issue of garbage.