Water quality experts are using DNA tools to track down contamination responsible for beach closures along the Great Lakes ...

The Waterkeeper Alliance report found levels of 'forever chemicals' were higher below sewer plants and sludge fields ...

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a ...

The crew of a scientific research vessel discovered a strange black goo clinging to their ship. Perplexed, they sent a sample ...

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"The plant must operate safely and cannot be allowed to threaten our drinking water." Engineers race to find solution as ...

News about Water Pollution, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The study found widespread microplastic pollution across some Appalachian streams, which poses ecological and public health ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Chemical maker DuPont has agreed to a $27 million settlement to resolve a nearly decade-long lawsuit over the contamination of an upstate New York village’s water supply.

The combined effects of climate change and air pollution have led to direct declines in precipitation in the U.S. Southwest, ...