A NASA satellite is now detecting air pollution with unprecedented accuracy and could transform public health.

“This can be achieved by accelerating three key shifts – reuse, recycle, and reorient and diversify – and actions to deal with the legacy of plastic pollution.” But experts say the plastic pollution ...

Air pollution has a "dramatic" impact on the amount of sunlight reaching Earth’s surface, reveals new research. Solar radiative energy declined in large parts of the world from the 1950s to the 1980s ...

A cyclist wears a protective face mask while riding during heavy smog in Belgrade, Serbia, on Nov. 1, 2022. Smog spewing from ancient coal-fired power plants, outdated automobiles and heating systems ...

Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of ...

As final negotiations for an international plastics treaty get underway this week in Busan, South Korea, scientists warn that the global plastics crisis is far more dangerous than previously thought.

TODAY IS EARTH DAY, APRIL 22ND, SO ENVIRONMENTALISTS USE THIS DAY TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO KEEP OUR PLANET HEALTHY. METEOROLOGIST ELLEN ADLER VISITED THE GREENSBORO SCIENCE CENTER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ...

Our planet is massive, and the surrounding space is even more massive. Despite that, scientists say that the amount of space junk pollution around our planet could poison the upper atmosphere and have ...

This post comes to PBS Nature from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). WWF and Nature are collaborating on a series of blog posts from WWF conservation scientists that will share the stories and motivations ...