A new study by a graduate student in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering measured significant concentrations of traffic-related air pollution near roadways in the small island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, reaching levels comparable to highways in major urban centres like Toronto and Detroit.

Much has been written about the detrimental effects of smartphones on attention spans, stress levels and dinner table conversations.

Study is the first to quantify the uptake of nanoparticles at predicted environmentally relevant conditions.

Cigarette butts are the most common form of marine litter.

The nutritional qualities of shellfish could be significantly reduced by future ocean acidification and warming, a new study suggests.

Pitt Engineering researchers study potential benefits in co-treating Pennsylvania's acid mine drainage and shale gas wastewater.

Chemists present new process to produce hydrated electrons.

The first study to investigate microplastics around Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands – two of the most remote locations in the South Atlantic Ocean – has found levels of contamination comparable with the waters around the UK.

A Washington State University researcher for the first time has modeled how microplastic fibers move through the environment.

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin’s Marine Science Institute have discovered nearly two dozen new types of microbes, many of which use hydrocarbons such as methane and butane as energy sources to survive and grow—meaning the newly identified bacteria might be helping to limit the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and might one day be useful for cleaning up oil spills.