Prolonged exposure to pollutant particles was shown to reduce the output of workers in China.

Tel Aviv University report is first to assess presence of plastic additives in Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea marine life.

Ten times more trash washes up on the coast of Texas than any of the other Gulf states.

The startling extent to which violent wild fires, similar to those that ravaged large swathes of California recently, affect forests and crops way beyond the boundaries of the blaze has been revealed.

When hydropower runs low in a drought, western states tend to ramp up power generation – and emissions – from fossil fuels. 

Earlier this year, the United Nations announced some much-needed, positive news about the environment: The ozone layer, which shields the Earth from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation, and which was severely depleted by decades of human-derived, ozone-destroying chemicals, is on the road to recovery.

Climate change and human disturbance are putting wildlife in the world’s oldest and deepest lake at risk, according to a new study by the University of Nottingham and University College London.

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have created a powder that could capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from factories and power plants.

Artificial light at night isn’t just a health problem for those of us sitting in bed scrolling through Instagram instead of hitting the sack — it hurts entire outdoor ecosystems.

Syngas — a mixture of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide — is a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels and is produced in refinery equipment called fluidized beds.