Pollution

Russia's emergencies ministry is investigating the cause of the deaths of marine animals in the region.

Vacaville faces very unhealthy levels of air pollution as wildfires burn across the region, producing heavy smoke.

The cumulative amount of plastic in the ocean by 2040 could reach 600 million tons, according to a report.

Nornickel is already being investigated for a 20,000-metric ton oil spill last month that activists say has destroyed sea life near Norilsk.

Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that can lead to neurological damage.

The author's of the assessment say cleaner air is also responsible for fewer work absences and premature births.

Some in the plastics industry have seized on the pandemic to argue the push for reusable materials was misguided and unhygienic. That's simply not the case.

Scientists, religious leaders and entrepreneurs are calling to "flatten the curve" of climate change's negative effects, as the COVID-19 lockdown has seen air quality skyrocket and industrial pollution decline.

Researchers compared LEGO bricks that have washed up to pristine sets from the 1970s and 1980s to calculate their lifespan.

Plastic covered in algae and micro-organisms could be releasing a smell that encourages sea turtles to mistake it for food.

Scientists analyzed a core sample taken from the Dasuopu glacier on Shishapangma, the world's 14th highest mountain.

We figured out how to tread more lightly on our planet, even as we become more numerous and prosperous, but very few people are aware that the apparently ironclad trade-off between human prosperity and the state of nature has been eased.

"If people want to see us as the rubbish dump of the world, you dream on," Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin told the press.

A Canberra, Australia woman collapsed after disembarking from a plane at Canberra Airport and later died, allegedly due to inhaling smoke from Australian wildfires.

A man sentenced for gang-raping a 23-year-old woman on a bus claims high levels of pollution in Delhi's air and water is already cutting his life short, using it as an argument to change his sentence.

Stormwater is the greatest source of pollution in the ocean, rivers and lakes of Los Angeles County, according to Heal the Bay.

"People still don't realise how bad the world's climate and natural environment have become. Misperceptions about climate change and the ecological crisis are all too clear."

President Donald Trump espoused his new environmental rollbacks concerning the automotive industry today, but consumer advocates say the cost of filling up the gas tank could increase.

Known as the Detroit Dock, a site where uranium was processed for nuclear weapons partially collapsed into the already polluted Detroit River, causing concern from both U.S. and Canadian officials.

The new estimate based on samples collected in California 8.3 million per cubic meter—not ten as previously calculated.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for the case, Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian.

Discussing their organization World War Zero, Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Senator John Kerry expressed the importance of showing that environmental policy is a bipartisan issue.

Pollution in New Delhi peaked this month, reaching levels not seen in three years. In some parts of the city, the Air Quality Index approached 1,000—more than three times what is considered hazardous.

During this time private cars with even number plates will only be permitted to drive on even dates and private cars with odd number plates will be restricted to odd dates.

"The result is the United States gets dirtier air and we get to pay more money for the dirty energy being provided," Robert Ukeiley of the Center for Biological Diversity told Newsweek.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is possibly considering moving the capital city to outer Bangkok, hoping to reduce crowding, avoid rising sea levels, and reduce traffic congestion and smog levels, but comment may have been an off-the-cuff remark.

"We brought in waste styrofoam and other coastal trash gathered from nearby areas so the 600 participants could carry out clean-up activities," said Lee Dong-jin, mayor of Jindo County, South Korea.

The now-20 strong panel will reconvene to consider the various known and unknown affects of particulate matter on human health and based on the current science, calculate how much air pollution (with an adequate margin of safety) is passable without being a significant threat to human health.

The director said deep sea research is "shamefully underfunded" and called for a "global fleet of swarm robotics" to study Earth's oceans.

After 76 days, Antonio de la Rosa arrived in Honolulu on Saturday in his motorless rig. "My arms and my legs are my motor," said the 50-year-old Spaniard.