Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

Every rainy season, the same story unfolds across Ghana’s cities. Streets transform into rivers. Homes flood. Markets become impassable. Businesses shut down. And inevitably, when the waters recede ...

Surfing's very own Bruce Wayne, the inimitable Ryan Harris, has developed a realistic solution to the plastic pollution crisis by turning ocean-bound plastic into surfboard fins and other products and ...

AHMEDABAD/CHICAGO — The state of Gujarat has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2025 Earthshot Prize for its groundbreaking efforts to combat air pollution through the world’s first particulate ...

A recent study shows that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, also known as PHEVs, produce nearly as much pollution as the gasoline-powered vehicles they are ultimately intended to replace. This study ...

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, hosted the second edition of the International Seminar on Plastic Characterization, CHARPLAST. Through a program of 20 presentations, around one hundred ...

As crews in Moorhead install the utilities and streets that future downtown businesses and residents will rely on, workers have unearthed 3,000 tons of contaminated soil. Clean soil is heaped ...

India’s capital woke up to a toxic haze blanketing the city on Monday and a warning that the air quality would deteriorate further to “severe” category later this week. Slow wind and the onset of ...

Shane, a foreign national, travelled to Delhi from Agra by bus and observed that the smog thickened significantly as he approached the capital. Delhi’s air quality worsened further on Monday, with the ...

The mother said the $65 would "place significant financial burden" on her and her daughter's "food budget" Starr Bowenbank is the Style Editor at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 after serving as a ...

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