Pollution

These charts show that while progress has been made in some areas, humanity still has a major impact on the planet

U.S. federal authorities have recently been reluctant to step in to mediate cross-border air quality issues among states

Tiny plastic particles have turned up in samples of Arctic snow, pointing to their ubiquity in the environment

Four times as many plastic particles turned up in the deep waters of a “clean” patch of ocean than on the surface in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

New practices, and new chemistries, are needed to end the scourge

A genetically engineered strain of rice maintains high yields with less fertilizer

Wastewater contains billions of lenses, which eventually make their way into the environment

Trillions of tiny particles generated by our plastic-reliant society are polluting environments worldwide

In a contaminated Seattle river, what the mammals leave behind may be a good gauge of cleanup efforts

Soil microbes convert fertilizer to nitrogen oxides, emitting about as much of the gases as on-road vehicles in the state