Birmingham researchers’ novel way of producing hydrogen fuel has a lower cost than existing methods.

Diminishing periods of snow cover in northern forests, shortened by climate change, are poised to disrupt a delicate balance in some of the planet’s most climate-sensitive regions, according to new research from McMaster University, VU Amsterdam, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center.

“When we talk about textile waste, the debate often focuses on the clothes we throw away.

Kitchen sponges are among the most frequently used household items – and may also represent a previously underestimated source of microplastics.

Every year at Grand Canyon National Park, millions of visitors from all over the world stop at one of a dozen water spigots. 

Tiny particles of rubber cast off by car tires, which have long been known to harm wildlife, may also pose a risk to humans, according to a new study.

The new study mapped and assessed more than 140,000 solar PV installations worldwide using satellite data.

From sizzling bacon in the kitchen to wildfire smoke in the sky, cooking and pollution release microscopic particles that affect humans' health, the air they breathe, and even weather and climate.

Rochester biologist Anne S. Meyer and her colleagues created “bio-stickers” that speed up plastic breakdown in marine environments.

Municipalities and federal agencies monitor U.S. waters for microcystins, a toxin produced by harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, but a University of Michigan study shows that the blooms produce a greater range of potentially toxic compounds than previously known.