Growing urban populations, more public awareness of pollution and ambitious redevelopment plans propel big drinking water and wastewater treatment investment in two key cities.

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...

A St Gerard's junior school student was among students from 12 schools nationwide who were honoured at an award ceremony celebrating the winners of this year’s Green Schools Marine Spatial Planning ...

Scientists are worried about chemicals from burned materials (heavy metals, plastics, fire retardants) polluting the ocean.

A new study of water quality in Australian rivers reveals surprising changes since the turn of the century: good for the ...

Damage to an underwater fibre optic cable in the Baltic Sea, running from Ventspils in Latvia, to the Swedish island of Gotland, was detected last Sunday. Image: Pic: Reuters "It is suspected that ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago.

The binding judgement from the Strasbourg-based court confirmed that increased rates of cancer and groundwater pollution had been recorded in the area of 90 municipalities. The court found that ...

Waterman of India Rajendra Singh has expressed serious concern at the marine pollution caused by pharma and other industries, set up close to coastal areas, which were releasing untreated or ...

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest that lead pollution due to ...