Take biomass-derived acetone—common nail polish remover—use light to upgrade it to higher-mass hydrocarbons, and, voila, you have a domestically generated product that can be blended with conventional jet fuel to fly while providing environmental benefits, creating domestic jobs, securing the nation’s global leadership in bioenergy technologies, and improving U.S. energy security.

As many as nine million people (16% of all deaths worldwide) die each year as a result of air, water and soil pollution.

In the wake of a devastating wildfire, burnt land has a respite before the next blaze.

Changing water systems can be done safely, as long as it’s done correctly.

Researchers found that environmental factors have more impact on the ozone dose the plants received than the amount of ozone in the atmosphere.

Using a new “non-targeted” approach, UW and UW Tacoma researchers screened samples from multiple regions of Puget Sound to look for potentially concerning chemicals.

A new study shows that air pollutants from the smoke of fires from as far as Canada and the southeastern U.S. traveled hundreds of miles and several days to reach Connecticut and New York City, where it caused significant increases in pollution concentrations.

Recycled and aged human urine can be used as a fertilizer with low risks of transferring antibiotic resistant DNA to the environment, according to new research from the University of Michigan.

A team of University of Illinois researchers estimated the mortality costs associated with air pollution in the U.S. by developing and applying a novel machine learning-based method to estimate the life-years lost and cost associated with air pollution exposure.

Chinese scientists developed a comprehensive monitoring system that is based on optics technology to monitor toxic and harmful gases for industrial parks.