A new approach of studying the behaviour of surface films covering particles taken directly from the atmosphere has been developed by scientists.

Particulate pollution remained high even while Covid-19 slowed the global economy.

Researchers used satellite images to chronicle the historical expansion of eastern North Carolina’s swine farming industry.

Researchers note that modeling results could be used to improve nitrogen rate calculators currently in use.

A team of scientists has developed more accurate forecasts to predict the impacts of wildfire smoke on air quality.

“It would not surprise me if this summer ended up being the second-hottest summer on record for the state,” says state climatologist and Texas A&M professor John Nielsen-Gammon.

As the cherished rainforest in South America’s Amazon River region continues to shrink, the river itself now presents evidence of other dangers: the overexploitation of freshwater fish.

Reducing levels of the nutrient phosphorus to control harmful algal blooms in places like Lake Erie is actually advantageous to toxic cyanobacteria strains, which can lead to an increase in toxins in the water, according to a new modeling study.

For 87 days in 2010, roughly 200 million gallons of crude oil spewed from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.

Some residents of Belmont County in eastern Ohio have long suffered from headaches, fatigue, nausea and burning sensations in their throats and noses.