New research shows that rivers are the main road for all the plastic pollution that gets into the ocean, including microplastics.Read More »Climate Change
Uncontrolled releases of household, industrial, and agricultural chemicals during natural disasters pose an underappreciated hazard to humans and ecosystems. Here’s what we can do.Read More »Geohealth
A new case study suggests that Sutton Lake has been contaminated by multiple coal ash spills, most of them apparently unmonitored and unreported.Read More »Ocean Sciences
Particulate matter in the atmosphere derives from industrial and environmental sources. The size of the particle determines how it deposits in the body and leads to different health challenges.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
These flame retardants replaced earlier chemicals known to degrade into environmentally harmful by-products. The newer compounds may do the same thing.Read More »
