On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jenni Shearston, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) I grew up in rural ...

Almost half of everyone who lives in the United States breathes unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report, released Wednesday.

It is not. Delhi’s air pollution is a year-round problem. In 2024, the last year for which official data are available, the city did not record a single day in the “good” air category and just 65 in ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

A new report revealed that most of the world has polluted air, with only 17% of cities globally meeting the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines. IQAir, a Switzerland-based air quality ...

Air pollution ranks among the world's deadliest threats, causing an estimated 8 million deaths in 2021, according to a recent analysis from a United Nations partnership. That same year, pollutants ...

Extreme heat is making air pollution worse, scientists say. And President Trump’s regulatory rollbacks could drive air pollution even higher. By Claire Brown and Christina Kelso The heat dome that is ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing ...