"Lithium is considered to be a contaminant." Scientists make stunning discovery when examining notorious water pollutant: ...

A University of Utah study finds that air pollutant monitors are more common in white neighborhoods and less so in Native ...

The countries with the worst air quality included Bangladesh and India, according to an annual report from IQAir.

A new study emphasises the urgent need to cut black carbon emissions to mitigate climate change and protect vulnerable ...

Scientists in China are tackling one of the biggest and, in a way, smallest challenges posed by rampant plastic pollution. That is the leaking microplastics that are increasingly finding their way ...

A common air pollutant poses greater health risks than generally understood and regulators are not keeping up, according to a new report that promotes increased use of satellite tracking as one fix.

Most scientists consider carbon dioxide the primary culprit in climate change. But what if CO2 in the atmosphere could be converted from an invisible gas into products like bricks and shoes?

In a two-step process, a new catalyst can convert methane into polymers at ordinary temperature and pressure. Although it is less abundant than carbon dioxide, methane gas contributes ...

The United States Supreme Court has issued a significant ruling in the case of San Francisco v. EPA, directing the ...