Scientists are sounding alarm bells about the growing number of satellites burning up in Earth's upper atmosphere. When incinerated, the materials that make up satellites give rise to chemicals that ...

Plastics are woven into every aspect of our lives, but what was once the poster child for convenience is fast becoming a pariah product. The era of single-use plastic must end; banning it is the only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nick Beckage, a graduate researcher, Davin Louangaphay, a research assistant, and Philippe Amstislavski, a professor of health ...

With millions of tons of plastic covering the seafloor, and more added every year, plastic pollution in the oceans is a major problem. With this amount of waste, we are ruining Earth's oceans and ...

A new modeling study by researchers at Beijing Normal University provides a detailed account of the origins of the dense ...

A group of technology and academic institutions is seeking to provide real-time air quality monitoring to solve the air pollution debacle in Metro Manila. Breathe Metro Manila, inspired by the Breathe ...

Each winter, Delhi slips back into a familiar emergency. A thick blanket of toxic smog settles over the city, visibility reduces, schools shut, flights are disrupted, and hospitals report a surge in ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. This includes misguided single-use plastic bans (e.g., bans on plastic ...