There are many types of marine pollution. Ocean water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth, and only in recent decades have we begun to understand how humans impact this watery habitat.

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

Thames Water is still “in crisis mode” and will take “at least a decade” to turn around, the company has warned as it ...

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a ...

A torrent of news on dirty water has spilled over into next month’s election. While not a top campaign issue, it stinks of a larger problem: Britain’s aging infrastructure. Wastewater from ...

Water pollution ranked first globally as the most serious environmental issue; 6 in 10 people feel personally affected by both water pollution and shortages, representing majorities of people in 20 ...

The Environment Agency will receive a cash injection of more than £189 million this financial year of 2025/26.

Soil and water pollution and cardiovascular disease. Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41569-024-01068-0; Cite This Page: MLA; APA; Chicago; Max Planck Institute for Chemistry.

A new bill, SB-601, aims to enshrine the Clean Water Act of 1972 into California law, ensuring state water pollution laws cover the same waterways—wetlands, creeks, streams, rivers, and lakes ...

Plastic microfibers, meanwhile, have been found in municipal drinking water systems and drifting through the air. It's no surprise then that scientists have found microplastics in people.