As concern grows among environmentalists and consumers about micro- and nanoplastics in the oceans and in seafood, they are increasingly studied in marine environments, say Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues in China. 

Rice University engineers have created a light-powered catalyst that can break the strong chemical bonds in fluorocarbons, a group of synthetic materials that includes persistent environmental pollutants.

After two years of severe drought, abundant rain finally fell over the Australian state and turned the landscape green.

A tremendous plume of dust from North Africa drifts toward the Caribbean and contiguous United States.

Methane - released from thawing permafrost beneath Alaskan lakes - freeze in the ice allowing researchers to measure and calculate how much methane is released.

NASA video looks at advances in hurricane forecasting, with a focus on the contributions from weather satellites.

An international team of scientists and historians has found evidence connecting an unexplained period of extreme cold in ancient Rome with an unlikely source: a massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano, located on the opposite side of the Earth.

Extra caution is required in developing climate forecasts of enclosed seas.

An international team of scientists is investigating how animals are responding to reduced levels of human activity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A new study from North Carolina State University suggests that people have more tolerance for wolves after seeing positive videos about them, which could make YouTube an important wolf conservation tool.