Surfers and other beach users in Indiana are pursuing a lawsuit, hoping to make US Steel follow the regulations for chromium dumping in Lake Michigan.

Researchers have quantified nitrate levels in the vadose zone worldwide for the first time, warning of potential for groundwater contamination.

Scientists find that toxic chemicals can affect freshwater in far smaller amounts than previously thought — and that combined effects may be unexpected.

A pilot study by scientists at University of Notre Dame is charting the processes by which microplastics move from filter feeders to sculpin.

University of Southern California scientists find that lung cancer patients in areas with more air pollution see lower survival times.

Oceanographers studying plastic in the world’s oceans commonly go to one of the five gyres and sample the plastics there using a surface tow net. From there, they predict what ocean plastic levels are worldwide. But this...

Waterways surrounding New York City are full of microscopic plastic bits, according to a report by the New York / New Jersey Baykeeper. The findings in the report are based on sampling data collected by trawlers going...

A startup company based in Paris has released a real-time map of air pollution worldwide, according to Grist. The map is based on data gathered from more than 11,000 environmental monitoring stations all over the planet. Plume...

A study led by the University of Minnesota has found that there is a class of water contaminants present largely due to indirect human actions, according to a release. The contaminants in question are polybrominated diphenyl ethers...

Though part of their study was halted by Mother Nature, Penn State scientists gather valuable data on emerging contaminants in the school’s Living Filter.

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography are tracking dye movements off California’s Imperial Beach to develop forecasts of contaminant transport.

Researchers at the San Francisco Estuary Institute have wrapped up a study into San Francisco Bay’s microplastics levels, according to the Mercury News. Their efforts have uncovered shockingly high concentrations of the small plastic bits, reaching about...

Giving a new meaning to the words “fresh air,” the Dutch have introduced a Smog Free Tower that actually cleans the air in any outdoor environment where it is placed, according to Grist. The first such tower...

All over the globe, air pollution kills millions, according to an Associated Press report on an international study. Unexpectedly, the most important source of air pollution in many cases was found to be farms. Animal waste and...

Scientists from seven institutions say that outright bans on using plastic microbeads in products that enter wastewater systems is the best way to protect water quality, people and wildlife from their impacts, according to a release from...