The invisible cloud you move through daily in city environments isn’t just air—it’s a complex cocktail of particulate matter, heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants that ...

Cities are rapidly becoming the defining residential space of human life. Over 55% of the global population lived in urban ...

Note to readers • The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in collaboration with The Great Salt Lake Collaborative. During a recent storm in March, several shallow ...

Nitrate pollution has become one of the most widespread water quality challenges in intensively farmed regions around the world, threatening drinking water safety, aquatic ecosystems, and downstream ...

Individuals living in urban cities are experiencing the combined effect of increasing temperatures and poor air quality, often referred to as the urban heat dome. Pregnant mothers and their unborn ...

Water pollution is top environmental issue in survey of 30,000 people across 31 countries and territories by Globescan and WWF With the world facing a worsening water crisis, a huge public survey ...

A research team led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has published a foundational inventory of emissions produced by structures destroyed by ...

A new study reveals that urban tributaries flowing through Wuhan are significant sources of phthalate esters, a widely used class of plastic chemicals, to the Yangtze River, highlighting previously ...

When taking off or landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India, it’s impossible to miss seeing the tight patchwork of hundreds, if not thousands, of flat roofs ...

The City of Cape Town has come under fire after a study by UCT accused them of misrepresenting scientific evidence around urban water pollution and failing to address the ongoing contamination of ...