Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

A bride put aesthetics above hydration for her wedding day. In a post on Reddit's "Wedding Shaming" forum, a user recalled a ...

Growing flowering plants can add aesthetic value to a body of water, but the collaboration is staying away from growing food on the platforms, since the plants build up such high concentrations of ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution into waterways each year, according to regulatory data. NPR found that pollution is concentrated near places where people of color live.

This article examines water pollution’s scientific, economic, and societal implications, emphasizing the urgent need for advanced research and strategic policies to address this escalating crisis.

Simulations predict a water-pollution crisis by the end of the century.

Water pollution poses significant risks to our health. It spreads diseases like cholera and dysentery and can cause other, long-term illnesses.

Stories about the polluted state of the water in British rivers are rarely absent from the news — so how can you know where is safe to swim?

Britain had fewer serious water pollution incidents in 2022 than in the previous year but the number remains "unacceptably high", the government's Environment Agency said in its annual report on ...

The men’s individual triathlon race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been postponed due to poor water quality levels in the River Siene, the sport’s governing body, World Triathlon ...

Marine pollution, as distinct from overall water pollution, focuses on human-created products that enter the ocean.