Air pollution linked to heightened suicide risk in major meta-study - Study links short-term and long-term exposure to PM2.5 ...

An EPA panel is meeting in Raleigh to review the health risks of nitrogen oxide pollution from traffic, power plants and ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

At 17, Rhode Island student Alaina Zhang is studying whether native sugar kelp can help remove excess nitrogen from polluted ...

Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery in understanding how air pollution forms at the molecular level. Their investigation sheds light on the complex chemical processes occurring at the ...

An interdisciplinary team of Florida State University researchers is set to tackle some of Florida’s most pressing environmental issues thanks to nearly $1.5 million in funding awarded by the U.S.

Plastic is a wonder material that has molded itself to fit a wide variety of applications. But it comes with a host of drawbacks that aren’t fully considered. That’s why the United Nations has ...

Across Appalachia and the Rust Belt region, including throughout the city of Pittsburgh, former industrial sites are being ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the stratosphere, ozone acts as a protective layer. But in the troposphere, at ground level, this colorless gas is incredibly harmful to human ...

The Trump administration is eliminating limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants.

When you're on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it's likely you're not thinking about what is happening just beneath the surface, where ...

As an environmental science major, you'll learn how to use chemistry, calculus, statistics and other disciplines to understand and improve the environment. Typical courses and labs cover ecology, ...