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.

Treated cork has higher absorbance, harnesses sunlight to trap oil in minutes.

A new study finds that “sunny day flooding,” which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters.