Wetlands are Earth’s largest natural source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is about 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere.

The word “vinyl” might sound innocuous, bringing to mind everyday items like LP records, flooring, pipes, or shiny plastic pants.

The study, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, identified carbon particles emitted by burning fossil fuels embedded in the corals of Illa Grossa Bay, off the Columbretes Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.

For the first time, researchers have investigated how ropes and fishing lines are handled by the Norwegian commercial fishing industry. 

Scientists quantify a previously overlooked driver of human-related mercury emissions.

New findings explain how soil sequesters plant-based carbon from the atmosphere.

Many cleaning products labelled as “green” emit just as many harmful chemicals as regular products, new research has revealed.

Waste carbon dioxide was repurposed in benchtop experiments at the University of Auckland.

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has discovered a major cause for a drop in nighttime pollinator activity — and people are largely to blame.

Researchers led by University of Tsukuba, based on the internal nitrogen status of a leguminous plant, have discovered peptide factors that function in the shoot and root systems to transport iron into the root nodules colonized by nitrogen-fixing bacteria.