SpaceX rockets leave metal pollution in the atmosphere, new laser detection system reveals 10-fold lithium spike from Falcon ...

After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This growing type of pollution could destroy ozone and form climate-warming clouds ...

Researchers say there is light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the plastic pollution crisis. That is, if we make some major changes to how things are done. The Guardian highlighted the ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Road salt is commonly used on roads in the winter across the colder parts of the United States, especially here in the Northeast. However, we are now beginning to see major pollution ...

Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to ...

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 ...

We know pollution is a problem, and we know waste ends up in our waterways. But it's hard to quantify exactly how much waste and where it's coming from. A new, first-of-its-kind data tool aims to ...

A RECENT feature story by Euronews has revealed the shocking extent of plastic pollution on Earth. The world has known for some time that microplastics, the exceedingly small particles of plastic ...

Maryland has a pollution problem. A recent report from the Sierra Club reveals that over the past several years, residents across Maryland have lived with rising levels of ozone pollution that violate ...

Heavy diesel vehicles are the major culprits behind the vehicle exhaust problem that threatens federal funding for new road and transit projects in the Washington area, regional planners told public ...