Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, a new study has found. As many ...

India, Pakistan, Thailand and China all have heavy concentrations of cadmium in arable soil, raising the risk of cancer and ...

Soil pollution caused by both natural and human-induced factors threatens the lives of millions of people globally. The new ...

After more than 25 years of cleanup, the state Department of Environmental Quality recently announced that the groundwater ...

Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Scientists at the Salk Institute are working to develop crops that will pull more carbon dioxide from the air and store it in ...

But are there sustainable and climate-friendly ways to restore and promote soil health in agricultural land? Yes, says a research team. Specific plant species could be used as cover plants for ...

The results of recent research reveal both the vulnerability and the surprising resilience of tropical seagrass, despite the growing threats posed by climate change. Led by Fee Smulders from ...

From January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2020, corporate broadcast morning and evening news shows — on ABC, CBS, and NBC — aired a combined 264 segments about environmental pollution impacts ...