Previous estimates of how quickly polystyrene breaks down were based on a different set of assumptions.

A promising replacement for the toxic and flammable greenhouse gases that are used in most refrigerators and air conditioners has been identified by researchers from the University of Cambridge.

Airborne bacteria may see what looks like a comfy shag carpet on which to settle. But it’s a trap.

Researchers find multiple risks to the environment as pig production shifts southwest and northeast.

Consumer-grade 3D printers have grown in popularity in recent years, but the particles emitted from such devices can negatively impact indoor air quality and have the potential to harm respiratory health, according to a study from researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and UL Chemical Safety.

In recent decades, asthma has become a major public health problem. 

Travellers are willing to pay a little more for flights if they know the extra money will be used to address carbon emissions, a new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business has found.

Large vessel traffic in the Boundary Pass shipping lanes, on the east side of Saturna Island, has been steadily increasing for decades—and the impact on endangered southern resident killer whales (SRKW) is causing considerable concern.

Breathing dirty air can make you sick. But according to new research, it can also make you more aggressive.

Sierra Nevada forests are losing plant diversity due to high-severity fires, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.