A long-awaited system of movable floodgates is starting to protect the city from the highest tides.

Franco Marcantonio has successfully used isotope geochemistry to help find sources of lead poisoning in children with high blood lead levels.

New research shows that neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., with more people of color are exposed to more air pollution and have higher rates of disease.

Keen to do your bit for the environment? Cut back on sweets, pastries, fried foods and processed meat.

A partnership between county officials and Texas A&M AgriLife is producing tons of fresh food for local shelters.

Researchers attached video cameras to penguins and obtained some of the first footage of penguins synchronously swimming, diving, and feeding for several hours.

New data curated by scientists at The University of Manchester has found that the main culprit for aviation emissions across the connected continent of Europe is countless short journey flights.

Accumulating fuels and rising populations are contributing to California’s large, destructive fires.

The U.S. Forest Service now has a powerful way to view near-real time fire detection from NASA satellite data that they can include in their hourly air quality forecasts.

Montreal Protocol will spare Americans from 443 million skin cancer cases