Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

The source of pollutants in rivers and freshwater lakes can now be identified using a comprehensive new water quality analysis, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge and Trent ...

When you hear the word “pollution,” what image comes to mind? Is it a factory smokestack spewing chemicals into the air? A ...

Lou is a freelance journalist and content writer with a focus on the automotive world. After graduating from Coventry University (Automotive Journalism MA) in 2020, she worked in automotive e-commerce ...

Amazon’s artificial intelligence ambitions will soon be partly fueled by a natural gas-burning power plant in Texas that “could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United ...

The element mercury (Hg) is a unique metal that is liquid at ambient conditions, and easily volatilized to the atmosphere, where it is distributed on a global scale. This environmental contaminant ...

Scientists in California are working with communities—and a suite of tools—to better monitor air quality Emma Foehringer Merchant, Undark Magazine In a sloping backyard in Vallejo, California, ...

Data centers are essential hubs of the digital world, powering everything from cloud storage to online services. However, their operation often comes with a cost: noise pollution. As these facilities ...

Unlike most other pollutants, particulate matter (PM) cannot be characterized by the space- and time-variations of the mass concentrations of a single compound. Important factors influencing PM ...