Pollution and contamination encompass the introduction of harmful substances or energy into air, water, soil and biota at concentrations that endanger human health, ecosystem resilience and the ...

Pollution entering the ocean from the Tijuana River has been a problem for decades, but beach closures have increased in recent years Environmental educators say the closures are hurting kids and ...

Filter-feeding mollusks respond to water pollution in a very detectable and measurable manner. With that fact in mind, scientists have created a commercial water-quality-monitoring system that uses ...

Air pollution modelling and control represent critical intersections between environmental science, engineering and public policy. Modelling techniques—ranging from deterministic dispersion models and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put more than 160 workers who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on leave. The employees were part of the agency’s Office of Environmental ...

Plastic litter covers the ground around a river by a highway overpass. A UN treaty to address plastic pollution has fallen behind schedule. Credit: Shutterstock Plastic pollution is still a big topic ...

Bart Doudna of Cedar Rapids holds up his sons Cameron Doudna, 5, and Quinn Doudna, 2, while posing for a portrait with a large lighted diamond ring during the Five Seasons Lights at McGrath ...

Spending under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change's pollution control programme was steadily rising since ...

Documents and data shared with BBC News from inside England's much criticised environment watchdog show an agency struggling to monitor incidents of serious pollution. The information shows the ...

Nature knows no borders, so EU countries work together to preserve species populations and their habitats. EU rules aim to preserve the environment and wildlife by protecting natural areas and ...

Today, the Council adopted its position ('general approach') on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets – the industrial raw materials used to make plastic products – to the environment ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...