Professor Darren Evans and Madeleine Fabusova from the School of Natural and Environmental Science have published new ...

Air pollution remains a grave threat to human health, but MAHA is doing nothing about it.

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Artificial light from major coastal cities can disrupt the nighttime biology of sharks, according to new research that provides the first-ever measurements of melatonin—a hormone tied to biological ...

The researchers found that birds in areas containing the most man-made light pollution are singing 50 minutes longer than those not exposed to extra light. Specifically, the birds in the brightest ...

Photographs making invisible air pollution visible have sparked discussion around the impact of air pollution on communities ascross the globe. Researchers and artists have joined forces to 'paint ...

An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, say researchers.

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

Investigations into antibiotic-resistant bacteria contaminating rivers and soil have revealed an overlooked pollution source. The factories that manufacture antibiotics themselves. Drug manufacturing ...

On a crisp night last fall in the Arizona desert, I stood amid sand and scrub at the intersection of Valencia and Kolb on the outskirts of Tucson and beheld a gleaming gas station. To say that this ...