When you woke up this morning, you did not breakfast on a plate of plastics – and rightly so. Your body likely has plastic in it anyway: microplastics, which have been found in the arteries, lungs, ...

On September 18, 2019, the Trump administration announced the revocation of California's waiver, which allowed the state to ...

Two huge plants in Iceland operate like giant vacuum cleaners, sucking in air and stripping out planet-heating carbon ...

Reduction in Noise Pollution In addition to reducing air pollution, electric cars can also help reduce noise pollution. Traditional vehicles with internal combustion engines are noisy, especially ...

Did you know that over 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans, yet we have explored less than 5% of this vast ...

“Businesses can play a pivotal role in eliminating plastic pollution, and we’re here to help.” ...

Eating plastic, it’s fantastic! Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect, which was described in the journal Nature.

The 5 Gyres Institute is starting its annual initiative to track amounts of trash in National Parks. Any visitor to national parks can help by recording data about the trash they see in any U.S ...

In the longer-term, reducing the "peak" of water during rains may help cut sewage pollution. Lloyd talks about "sponge cities" with sustainable drainage systems and "soak away areas" designed to ...

Wild fig trees may provide an inexpensive, effective way to monitor mercury pollution near artisanal and small-scale gold mining sites throughout the Global South, a recent study suggests.