Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is the framing that a growing number of legal experts, policymakers, and ...

Coal-fired power plants are a major source of mercury contamination for people and the environment. Here's what you need to ...

A new NOAA study published today in the journal Science Advances about four decades of tropical cyclones reveals the surprising result that reducing particulate air pollution in Europe and North ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early 2000s.

Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are increasingly being recognized as public health emergencies which scientists, innovators, policy makers and patient advocates alike are pouring more resources and ...

Industrial pollution has been having a negative impact on human health since the height of the Roman Empire, reveals new research. Lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines throughout Europe ...

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global threat to human health. “To those meeting in Geneva: Please take up the ...

Government officials, local authorities, health professionals, and civil society are gathering today at the second global conference on air pollution and health in Cartagena, Colombia. As ...

On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jenni Shearston, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) I grew up in rural ...