A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building blocks for new plastics.

Inflammation is associated with increased risk of heart disease and cancer.

Roadway-related incidents are a leading cause of flood fatalities nationwide, but limited flood-reporting tools make it difficult to evaluate road conditions in real time.

Micro- and nanoplastics are in our food, water and the air we breathe.

New research adds solid evidence to the suspicion that steep declines in America’s wild bee populations stem in large part from pesticide use. Saving the crucial pollinators requires new approaches to managing pesky insects, say USC Dornsife researchers.

A new study finds more than half of adults surveyed worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their water within the next two years. 

Ancient viruses preserved in glacial ice hold valuable information about changes in Earth’s climate, a new study suggests.

A new study reveals how ocean biology and marine pollution can end up on Antarctica’s shoreline.

Scientists have found microplastics in brain tissue.

Excess carbon dioxide emitted by human activities—such as fossil fuel burning, land-use changes, and deforestation—is known as anthropogenic carbon dioxide.