A growing body of research shows that exposure to air pollution, especially during pregnancy and childhood, may have a negative impact on brain development.

University of Toronto scientists have developed a framework for measuring plastic pollution emissions akin to the global standard for measuring greenhouse gas emissions. 

Researchers led by Randall Martin investigate global particulate matter, revealing health risks from trace elements.

Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and death for residents living nearest the rail lines, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis.

The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature. 

Greece plans to create two large marine parks and end bottom trawling, it announced Tuesday.

High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows.

To address plastics and other problems that could affect human health, NIH and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) are jointly funding four new Centers for Oceans and Human Health and renewing two centers as part of a marine-related health research program.

NASA is now publicly distributing science-quality data from its newest Earth-observing satellite, providing first-of-their-kind measurements of ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate.

Retention ponds and wetlands constructed as part of major road schemes can reduce the quantities of tyre particles entering the aquatic environment by an average of 75%, new research has shown.