Engineered specks are inhaled by adults and children with potential adverse health effects, Rutgers researchers find.

Dyes, such as those used in the textile industry, are a major environmental problem. 

Oil is an important natural resource for many industries, but it can lead to serious environmental damage when accidentally spilled.

Climate change is a global phenomenon, but its impacts are felt at a very local level.

A study in more than 3,000 US counties, with 315 million residents, has suggested that air pollution is linked with stress and depression, putting under-65-year-olds at increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. 

Last May in Grundartangi, a small port in western Iceland, a barge piled high with wood chips began making regular trips to a patch of ocean 190 miles from the coast.

Extracting natural gas from shale formations can provide an abundant, lower-carbon footprint fossil fuel, but also creates concerns over increased methane emissions.

As wildfires in Siberia become more common, global climate modeling estimates significant impacts on climate, air quality, health, and economies in East Asia and across the northern hemisphere.

Study finds carbon-offset programs insufficiently account for future storm risks.

It's hard to live near or visit our beautiful ocean without coming across marine debris.