Peru's El Cascajo Lake was once a popular spot to boat, fish, and swim, but it was plagued by pollution from an illegal landfill.

To see the northern lights in Colorado, a KP index of 5 or higher is usually needed. The KP index measures geomagnetic ...

A dramatic reduction in sulfur pollution from shipping has unintentionally contributed to recent global warming, offering a ...

The explosion of a Starship rocket during its seventh orbital flight test may have released literal tons of harmful ...

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

Some of us remember the first Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 1970. We pulled old bedsprings and tires out of local rivers and urged a ban on phosphates that fueled weed growth in streams and ...

A new study finds that short-term air pollution exposure harms brain function, reducing focus and emotion recognition.

As pandemic lockdowns forced humans into isolation, Earth's vegetation was thriving. The year 2020 was the greenest in modern ...

Scientists link global warming to lower sulfur pollution from ships. Fewer ship aerosols mean less sunlight reflection, allowing heat to stay.

The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina ...

A lawsuit claims FIJI Water misled consumers about its product's purity and environmental impact, specifically highlighting ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...