If you’ve been outside on a smoggy day, you’ve probably noticed that your body reacts poorly to bad air quality. Maybe you coughed, or got a headache. But what actually happens to your body when you ...

A healthy environment is essential for human health; tackling climate, pollution, and biodiversity loss through integrated ...

University of Utah researchers believe inflammation starts a months-long process that increases risk of aneurysm rupture.

A leading expert in the health impacts of plastic pollution and microplastics is calling on the UN to end the use of toxic ...

The smaller particles could in fact be more harmful as they can get through the body's natural defenses and cause significant health problems.

They have looked at the problem from many different perspectives based on expertise in air pollution, or the oceans, or fracking, or medicine. But until now, nobody has looked at the entire problem ...

Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when toxins in the oceans make landfall they imperil the health and well-being of more than 3 billion people, according to a new report by an ...

Air pollution causes cooling by reflecting sunlight or by changing the properties of clouds so they reflect more sunlight.

P lenty of research shows that respiratory distress and heart attacks spike in the event of smoke exposure; acute impacts of ...

Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic less than five millimetres in length that are created as products break down over ...

Global warming has picked up pace since around 2010, leading to the recent string of record warm years. Why this is happening ...