A new study by WHO finds that air pollution has worsened since 2011, signaling increased health risks for city dwellers.

This high tech billboard can do the work of 1,200 trees, scrubbing the air of pollutants.

Dozens of cities throughout the country have either banned or limited fireworks displays due to the threat of heavy pollution.

Since its release last Saturday, the film on China's crippling pollution has been viewed over 100 million times.

Prime Minister Modi's efforts aimed at tackling local air pollution, but the whole world stands to benefit.

Air pollutants are linked with heart disease, lung disease and other serious afflictions that have long-term impacts.

A new study says commuting to work by car may be far more harmful to your health than previously believed.

China's most polluted cities have made strides in reducing air pollution, but there's still work to be done.

Although new on the Indian retail scene, Ikea already has big plans to alleviate one of the country's largest environmental ills.

U.S. EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss the Republican attacks against her agency.

Mercury pollution and climate change are both unintended consequences of burning fossil fuels for centuries.

VOC emissions from shampoo, cleaners and paint impact air quality as much as vehicle emissions, according to a new study from NOAA.

Being stopped at red lights is more than just annoying; it also can be incredibly unhealthy.

A California agency's attempt to regulate train pollution is ruled out-of-bounds.

Scientists says pollution on a planet may help aliens spot an advanced civilization.

You may not know it, but light pollution contributes to carbon emissions and interferes with animal migration. Take these simple steps to reduce it.

Light pollution steals from us the view of the universe in which we live. Check out this beautiful photograph taken high in the Sierra Nevada of an unblemished

The Bortle Light Pollution Scale is a good model for understanding how tainted our night skies are by light pollution.

Do you even know what the night sky looks like sans human interference?

Photographer's exploration of the beauty of man-made illumination around the world reflects humankind's dominance over the planet.

Bright skies at night make some trees bud early for spring.

Birds that produce 'flight calls' during night migration may be more vulnerable to light pollution, a new study finds.

Star Count 2019 engages stargazers in England and draws attention to the growing threat of light pollution.

Ten eco-activists are wanted for a 20-day eco-adventure, sailing from Hawaii to Vancouver while studying plastic pollution in the oceans.

The Indian Ocean is the world's biggest plastic dumping ground, but some of it is leaking elsewhere.

Video: Alexandra Cousteau revisits the TVA Kingston Coal Ash Spill, which was six times larger than the Gulf oil spill.

Human noise is changing how some birds sing, while causing chronic stress and reproductive problems in others.

New report says toxic chemicals are causing Americans 'grievous harm' that could be prevented by better government oversight.

We all know there's too much plastic making its way into the environment; here's an innovative solution to a seemingly intractable problem.

Smog in northern India is so bad, it's the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day.

Air pollution is so pervasive it even affects babies in the womb and causes long-term mental and physical health problems.

Brizi is a cushioned air filter and fan designed to clean the air around your baby's face and protect them from air pollution.

Researchers studying the declines say more lives may end up being saved from air quality improvements than are lost to the virus itself.

The EPA needs better pollution monitoring equipment, President Obama trashed hundreds of bikes, and someone designed a super box.

Every time we wash synthetic fabrics like polyester, very small pieces break off and flow down the drain into our local waterways.

Air pollution from auto exhaust and other sources now poses one of the most serious health risks.

Despite resistance to a permanent car ban on Oxford Street, London mayor Sadiq Kahn is pushing for car-free days across the capital city.

Want to know what coal-fueled smog looks like on the other side of the world? Now you can.

1 in 4 global deaths can be attributed to an unhealthy environment. Who says environmentalism is for the birds?

Facing health alerts over smog and pollution, Paris tries to get its citizens out of their cars.

Species from all over the animal kingdom face serious danger from noise pollution, researchers warn.

COLDFALL Corporation is accepting Transmute Coins, cryptocurrency from its patrons as payment for transmutation of tires, plastics, coal, and carbon-based materials.

Moss growing on urban trees is a useful bio-indicator of cadmium air pollution in Portland, Oregon, a U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station-led study has found. The work—the first to use moss to generate a rigorous and detailed map of air pollution in a U.S. city—is published online in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

Moss accumulates pollutants from the atmosphere and can serve as an inexpensive screening tool for mapping air quality and guiding the placement of monitoring instruments. We measured 22 elements using 346 moss samples collected across Portland, Oregon, in December 2013.

A pollution mitigation system is disclosed. The system can include a valve forming a passage the valve installable to form an orifice in a storm drain retention chamber that passes storm water into a conduit of a storm water management system. The valve having a stem connected to a closure member that can plug the orifice. The valve can have a spring loaded actuator that can move the closure member into a closed position. The system can also include a node such as a wireless sensor node or a mote that has sensors, a transceiver, an antenna, a microcontroller, memory, an energy source and at least one output to control movement of the closure member via the preloaded actuator. The node can have an output that provides the stimulus to the preloaded actuator to cause the preloaded actuator to move the closure member to a position that obstructs the passage in response to either the sensor or a transmission from a mobile telephone such as a cell phone or a smartphone.

Fossils show ancient parenting, first evidence of cooked vegetables, and why so much poop?

Have you seen the photos of the Himalayas, with unusually clear blue skies? These have been matched by reports that China's carbon emissions have dropped by a quarter. Some people are speculating that air pollution has dropped in Australia too, because more of us have been staying at home, driving less and staying away from airports. But is that true? And what happens when things swing back into gear?

Polluting heavy metals may be leaking into an outback river system in WA's Pilbara and the problem has been made worse by the massive deluge that accompanied Tropical Cyclone Veronica in March.

For residents in the Upper Hunter, keeping an eye on air quality alerts from the Office of Environment and Heritage is a daily ritual.

They collect vital climate information, but weather balloons are also a daily contributor to plastic pollution levels it's a dilemma the Bureau of Meteorology is struggling to solve.