Despite the benefites in dealing with air pollution, cuts in NOx emissions can lead to a boom in hazardous ultrafine particles, researchers say.

Exposure to toxic chemicals, especially flame retardants and pesticides resulted in more than a million cases of intellectual disability in the US between 2001 and 2016, research finds.

Increased freshwater from melting Antarctic ice sheets and increased wind have reduced the oxygen in the Southern Ocean and made the waters warmer and more acidic, geoscientists report.

Genetic modification can keep poplar trees from emitting greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, while not messing with their growth potential.

A new kind of mineral-coated sand can suck up pollution in water, which could pave the way for cities using stormwater during dry seasons.

Mealworms can eat plastic and Styrofoam without taking on their toxins, which means they could safely become food for animals.

Light pollution negatively affects thousands of species: beetles, moths, wasps, and other insects. Here's how to minimize the harm from your bulbs.

Air pollution from electricity generation led to 16,000 early deaths in the US in 2014, research finds. And there are disparities in impact by race and location.

Prior exposure to DDT pollution may explain the higher rate of diabetes among immigrants to the United States from India, say researchers.

"Kids are more susceptible to air pollution than adults, yet they're breathing in bus fumes twice a day, every school day."