Scientists estimate that more than 95 percent of Earth’s oceans have never been observed, which means we have seen less...
Wildfire smoke now exposes millions of Americans each year to dangerous levels of fine particulate matter, lofting enough soot across...
The cities of the ancient Maya in Mesoamerica never fail to impress. But beneath the soil surface, an unexpected danger...
The coral reefs of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean are richly diverse ecosystems of global importance. These regions...
The impacts of air pollution on human health, economies, and agriculture differ drastically depending on where on the planet the...
Clouds can cool or warm the planet’s surface, a radiative effect that contributes significantly to the global energy budget and...
Aviation’s growing impact on the climate crisis requires radical solutions that may upend the industry, according to a new Nature...
Dirty windows can harbor potentially harmful pollutants under protective films of fatty acids from cooking emissions—and these can hang around...
How well are hotels’ smoke-free policies protecting guests from cancer- and asthma-associated pollutants from secondhand and thirdhand smoke residue that...
New research published in PNAS today showed that, out of 26 countries, Indonesia accounted for 58.2% of the tropical deforestation...
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that lettuce can take up nanoplastics from the soil and...
The North China Plain (NCP), one of the world’s most polluted regions, is frequently engulfed by severe haze in the...
