More than 20 million pounds of plastic waste accumulates in the Great Lakes every year. While crusty water bottles, fraying ...

Explore how the interdependence of water, energy, and food systems is crucial for sustainable development in South Africa, where challenges like water scarcity and energy instability threaten growth ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

From the opening of a $35 million PFAS treatment plant in Stanton to growing concerns about pollution in the Christina River, ...

Air pollution reduction – particularly in east Asia – is a key reason for the acceleration of global warming, experts say ...

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

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

The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet ...