There's increasing concern about PFAS, the substances commonly called forever chemicals found throughout the environment. Now volunteers in Minnesota are collecting pine needles throughout the state ...

Awadhesh Jha has received funding from the European Commission Horizon 2020, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Natural Environment Research Council and the pharmaceutical ...

When we think about climate change and which things are doing the most damage to our planet what do we think of? Cars, airplanes, burning fossil fuels? Well what about wasted food? According to lots ...

Researchers suggest a new methodology to assess the environmental impact of the containers used for the collection of urban waste. Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid suggest a new ...

The most festive time of the year is also the most wasteful, experts say. The table is set. The decorations are up. The holidays are here, and it may be helpful to know how all that holiday cheer is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. — To some, its basic ...

The United States dumps about 21 million metric tons of salt on the roads every year. Road salt can reduce car accidents on ...

WASHINGTON – A rising mountain of hazardous electronic waste is putting workers in developing countries and the environment at risk. Some of the disused computers, cellphones, televisions and other ...

It’s been just over a decade since the fourth most powerful earthquake of the modern era triggered a tsunami that struck Fukushima on the eastern coastline of Japan, causing thousands of deaths and ...