Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet – through the marks we've left on nature.

Your lungs play a vital role in keeping you healthy and energised. With rising pollution levels, changing weather patterns, ...

Toxics in the air from urban wildfires may include dioxins, asbestos, and lead. But testing, until recently, for these air ...

For all its promised benefits, the artificial-intelligence boom is likely to prove costly to public health and even lead to ...

Scott Mason IV, a former deputy energy secretary for Oklahoma and member of the Cherokee nation, is the new administrator for the region that covers Texas and four neighboring states.

Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put more than 160 workers who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on ...

A new study finds that short-term air pollution exposure harms brain function, reducing focus and emotion recognition.

Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth's crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, ...

This paper uses U.S. Toxic Release Inventory data on air lead emissions to provide IV estimates of the effects of air lead concentration on infant mortality. The causal effect of lead on infant ...

A reusable sponge that soaks up pollutants like phosphate and metals from water has been developed by Northwestern University ...