Outdoor air pollution from power plants, fires and cars continues to degrade human, animal and environmental health around the globe. 

Scientists have found evidence of plastic additives in the air over Southern California, including one additive that has been banned from use in toys.

Rice engineers demonstrate versatile, cost-effective way to make high-quality advanced materials.

Microplastic pollution is a significant environmental problem that harms animals and people and affects ecosystems worldwide.

Seasonal variations with alternating dry and rainy seasons and fluctuating levels of nutrients are factors that significantly influence greenhouse gas emissions from soda lakes in the Pantanal, considered less common than emissions from freshwater lakes.

Researchers have developed a model that can be used to project what a nation’s energy storage needs would be if it were to shift entirely to renewable energy sources, moving away from fossil fuels for electric power generation.

Dartmouth study solves a marine mystery by tying ocean biomarker to pollution levels.

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper published today in Nature Reviews Cardiology. 

Exposure to certain pollutants, like fine particles (PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), during pregnancy and childhood is associated with differences in the microstructure of the brain´s white matter, and some of these effects persist throughout adolescence. 

Noise from aircraft at night is linked with disturbed sleep quality and sleep-wake cycle, a new study using movement trackers has shown.