Using advanced DNA sequence analysis, a research team has discovered that tiny organisms in Brooklyn's highly contaminated Gowanus Canal have developed a comprehensive collection of pollution-fighting ...

American Rivers ranks the Tijuana River No. 2 on its list of most endangered rivers. Advocates are urging the U.S. and Mexico ...

Learn more about trends in chronic respiratory disease mortality caused by particulate matter, gases, and fumes.

In India, much of the population breathes air that is 10 times more polluted than what the World Health Organization considers safe. In a study released in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Yale ...

Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region.Chicago city leaders are set to consider a ...

The list of 10 most endangered rivers of 2025, according to the nonprofit American Rivers, includes the Mississippi River and ...

The Tijuana River watershed straddles both sides of the US-Mexico border. For decades, economic policies have promoted ...

A new study led by Tulane University has revealed stark racial disparities across the U.S.’s petrochemical workforce.

Decades of industrialisation have polluted the waters of Italy's Mar Piccolo and brought mussel farming to its knees. Can ...

Environmental activists and Residents Welfare Associations in North Chennai are alarmed by increasing pollution and hazardous ...

A 34-year study reveals a concerning trend of increasing acidity in rainwater across India, particularly in industrial and ...