Scientists found that sea ice cracks, pollution, and cloud formation interact to amplify Arctic warming faster than expected.

Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Accord. — -- President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the landmark Paris climate agreement could have far reaching consequences on climate ...

A new interactive map and groundbreaking database allows people in the world’s largest metropolitan areas to track their air pollution exposure, along with their region’s biggest sources of ...

Global sea levels continue to rise around the world, threatening freshwater resources. Credit: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images Global sea levels rose faster than expected last year, ...

The combined effects of climate change and air pollution have led to direct declines in precipitation in the U.S. Southwest, making drought inevitable, a new study has shown. These circumstances, ...

The world needs a new approach to environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet by adopting policies to jointly tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and ...

Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aquamarine cool. With at least 1,000 of them — more than any other state — the springs ...

Climate change and air pollution (blue box) jointly affect the food system (yellow box) via intricate interactions. In turn, through greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, the food system makes a ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss ...