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

Central Iowa's lawn-watering bans are starkest sign yet of the state’s struggle with high nitrate levels in rivers used for ...

A volunteer group is testing the Shark River to look for sources of bacteria pollution. Armed with info, they hope to restore ...

High bacteria levels have shut down swimming at multiple beaches in at least six states ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

The familiarisation session for the Paris Olympics marathon swimming event in the Seine river will go ahead as scheduled on Wednesday after water quality tests met thresholds, organisers said.

Swimmers have been warned to stay out of the water at several beaches along the NSW coastline amid pollution fears in the ...

An international study found that air pollution leads to more cancer-related genetic changes than secondhand smoke.

The most recent Biscayne Bay Water Quality Report Card revealed that a part of the bay actually declined in quality. Experts, ...

The L.A. County Department of Public Health issued an advisory on Monday about polluted water around Santa Monica Pier. It said that latest testing shows high levels of bacteria, and that people ...

A study by UC San Diego researchers reveals that pollutants found in the sewage-laden Tijuana River are ending up in the air near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County.

Tuesday’s ruling in San Francisco v.EPA revolves around restrictions on the release of pollution into large bodies of water. Like many American cities, San Francisco’s wastewater treatment ...

After some drier years, the 2024 storms were a challenge for Florida’s largest open-water estuary. Tampa Bay estuary’s water quality was doing well – until 2 hurricanes hit ...