A recent study by the World Heart Foundation (WHF) highlighted the links between air pollution and congenital heart disease, ...

New research presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) ...

Plastics don’t just pose a threat to the marine environment and people’s health; they jeopardize basic human rights. This is the framing that a growing number of legal experts, policymakers, and ...

Air pollution is a major challenge to public health and the environment. Responsible for millions of premature deaths each ...

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global threat to human health. “To those meeting in Geneva: Please take up the ...

Noise pollution generated by human activity in certain areas of Antarctica could be having a negative effect on the well-being of the area's fauna, according to a study by the University of the ...

New research presented today at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) suggests that exposure to air pollution may impact genes associated with ...

The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their ...

If not the root of all evil, chemical pollution is surely responsible for a good chunk of it. At least, that’s how it feels sometimes when reading the news and the latest research. The Lancet ...

MIT researchers have some good environmental news: Mercury emissions from human activity have been declining over the past two decades, despite global emissions inventories that indicate otherwise. In ...

Researchers and student volunteers pick up what seabirds throw up, then examine it for clues about our impact on the environment Jessica Leigh Hester Scientists scavenge the docks of Manhattan’s ...

Sewage pollution in the Thames has been a problem for centuries. A new art installation at Science Gallery London explores the history, engineering, geography and science of human waste in the river.