The low-grade oil has been used to fuel power plants amid Iran’s international isolation. Tanks of mazut may now be burning ...

Researchers argue that exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) may affect cognitive function and intelligence, potentially causing large population-level losses in global IQ. Using ...

Look up on a clear night and you'll see the streaks of our new space age. What you don't see is the growing fallout for the atmosphere that keeps us alive.

Bills in four states require state environmental regulations to show “direct causal link” to “manifest bodily harm,” not just increased risk of disease. Scientists say that’s all but impossible.

Heightened exposure to pollutants like ozone and particulate matter during the 2023 Canadian wildfires was associated with both heightened risk of stroke and more severe strokes, according to a study ...

Just over a year ago, the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket plummeted back to the ground after delivering 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. Rocket launches seem to be injecting metals ...

Cameron Parish resident Karri Hooper takes sound readings from underwater microphones as part of a community science research project on the coast of Southwest Louisiana. Credit: Elise Plunk/Louisiana ...

In a reversal from previous years’ pollution reductions, the United States spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in the year before, researchers calculated ...

Ethylene oxide was once considered an unremarkable pollutant. The colorless gas seeped from relatively few industrial facilities and commanded little public attention. All that changed in 2016, when ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Ethylene oxide was once considered an unremarkable pollutant.

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in rural and remote ...

Boston Public Schools is using a nation-leading network of air quality sensors to improve classroom air and students’ health. Inside each Boston Public Schools classroom, a small device is revealing ...