Heavy rain events, which happen just a few days each year, have an outsize role in sending nitrogen runoff into waterways, computer modeling indicates.

Thanks in part to our taste for "fast fashion" made from synthetic microfibers, our washing machines aren't just polluting the ocean, but the land, too.

The cheap device could also allow people to easily and swiftly test their water supplies for lead contamination, researchers say.

Two-thirds of the plastic waste in the US in 2017 came from things other than plastic packaging, a new study shows.

Despite a striking drop in nitrogen oxide during China's near-total February lockdown, other air pollution levels didn't follow suit, experts say.

A new study quantifies the effect air pollution has on human life expectancy around the world. It's not good news, researchers report.

"We were particularly surprised to find three different brands of milk powder formula, which comprised 14% of the microdebris contaminants."

Pristine air over the Southern Ocean suggests clouds from the industrial era weren't so different from those of today, researchers say.

A broad look at research on endocrine disruptors and human health consequences suggests regulations need to catch up to the evidence.

A new study in Sub-Saharan African shows that increases in dust air pollution boosts infant mortality. Climate change could make things even worse, too.