News

A new study's model found air pollution responsible for 11% of changes in average antibiotic resistance levels in over 116 countries.
Light pollution is a worsening problem in Massachusetts, with a 10% annual increase over the past decade.
Water pollution can cause water to become toxic to humans and the environment. Polluted water can also lead to numerous health conditions. Learn more.
Stories about the polluted state of the water in British rivers are rarely absent from the news — so how can you know where is safe to swim?
Campaigners release official data showing the most serious pollution incidents in England are double the target.
Oils and greases from rotting vegetation mix with chemicals, creating foam that floats on the water. This foam, often visible during festivals, suggests severe levels of pollution in the Yamuna.
The last time the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality compiled comprehensive data on nitrate ground pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin was 2012. More than a decade later, Oregonians have ...
Simulations predict a water-pollution crisis by the end of the century.
The event was part of the PRN’s launch of its Clean Water Forever campaign, an initiative that aims to raise awareness of the causes and scope of water pollution in ...
Des Moines, IA — In the past decade, Iowa factory farms have paid less than $750,000 in punitive penalties for 179 reported illegal manure spills into state waterways, finds a new analysis of Iowa ...
A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model ...