Environment

Our prettiest pollutant: just how bad are fireworks for the environment? Paul Brock Photography/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Gary Fuller, King's College London Fireworks are great fun. We all...

A rush is on to mine the deep seabed, with effects on ocean life that aren't well understood Elizabeth M. De Santo, Franklin & Marshall...

Wildfires can poison drinking water – here's how communities can be better prepared The 2018 Camp Fire north of Sacramento burned everything in its path:...

NASA research could help to improve forecasts of whether a hurricane will suddenly intensify, which could give people in its path more time to...

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, is showing up in pregnant women living near farm fields – that raises health concerns Cynthia Curl, Boise...

How endocrine-disrupting chemicals like PFAS can increase your risk of severe COVID-19 Kathryn Crawford, Middlebury Nearly a year before the novel coronavirus emerged, Dr. Leonardo Trasande...

Scott Jasechko, University of California, Santa Barbara; Debra Perrone, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Richard Taylor, UCL If you stand at practically any point...

As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, more aspen are coming in – that has an impact on future fires and the climate Jill Johnstone,...

5 ways the extreme Arctic heat wave follows a disturbing pattern Mark Serreze, University of Colorado Boulder The Arctic heat wave that sent Siberian temperatures soaring...

here’s how to design an effective treaty to curb plastic pollution. Sarah J. Morath, Wake Forest University Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the...