As record wildfires erupt across Canada this year, with health-threatening smoke drifting into the U.S. and as far away as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...

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 ...

A new real-time monitoring system captures minute-by-minute changes in toxic metals resulting from traffic pollution.

Reductions in air pollution might sound like a positive thing. But scientists now say that reductions in East Asia are ...

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

Considering environmental factors is critical to understanding what drives the physical and cognitive declines, the ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...