In the 1940s and 1950s, the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles was a dumping ground for the nation’s largest manufacturer of the pesticide DDT – a chemical now known to harm humans and wildlife.

Researchers at UMass Amherst find Indigenous populations bear the environmental and public health costs when native Indonesian forests are converted to oil palm plantations.

With recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, a new University of Technology Sydney (UTS) study has modelled what happens when people breathe in different kinds of plastic particles and where they end up.

A new plasma technique developed by researchers at the University of Sydney could help create a circular economy for waste-generated methane emissions.

Carbon emissions associated with air travel to professional conferences make up a sizable fraction of the emissions produced by researchers in academia. 

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.