The world produces over 92 million tons of textile waste annually, much of it made from synthetic materials that can linger ...

The technology would bring multiple benefits. Researchers make incredible breakthrough that could transform future water ...

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

Students from the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City developed a prototype to address water pollution, earning third place ...

Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more than 50,000 lifetime cancer cases in the U.S., finds a new peer-reviewed ...

Part of the solution involves adapting landscape design to build towns and cities that don't just limit adverse noise pollution, but produce beneficial soundscapes.

The world’s plastic pollution crisis, explained Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, which is harming animal and possibly human health. Can plastic pollution be cleaned up?

For more than 50 years, the Columbia Environmental Research Center has produced research about contaminants and their effects in the water and on land. President Trump's proposed funding cuts to ...

Dow faces uphill battle to keep New Jersey water pollution case in federal court A Third Circuit panel seemed to favor a state court forum for a case where New Jersey accused a chemical manufacturer ...

Protesters gathered at the Kentucky River in Frankfort on March 4 to oppose Senate Bill 89, a water pollution bill. John Cheves Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday vetoed a controversial bill ...

In two recent papers, the team designed two new families of PFAS-free solvents that make ideal components for next-generation batteries. The goal is to get ahead of PFAS pollution, giving future ...

Water runoff and pavement According to Ryan Carter, the Catawba Riverkeeper's policy director, one inch of rain on a single acre parking lot generates 27,000 gallons of runoff, and on parking lots ...