A study of Colorado’s Marshall Fire found that the ‘toxic soup’ of pollutants stuck around for weeks. L.A. could experience ...

Fine particulate matter contributed to about 239,000 deaths in Europe, but the burden was felt more deeply in some parts of ...

But they certainly indicate an overall trend. Pollution in urban areas is usually a mix of different factors - mostly traffic, fossil fuel burning power plants and heavy industries. What ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

A study by researchers at Wayne State University links exposure to air pollution to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes.

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...

Boston College has established the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health to track efforts to control pollution and prevent pollution-related diseases that account for an estimated 9 million ...

(Note: The photos are not taken with the same settings, and have different spatial resolution. Thus, the 2010 photo appears somewhat brighter. Light pollution is not just a threat to stargazing.

Supreme Court dismisses a red-state constitutional claim that targeted California's power to fight air pollution.