Tire wear sheds toxic microplastics that affect fish and shrimp in surprising ways, adding to concerns over pollution from road runoff.

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that fireworks can pollute both the air and water in ways that extend beyond the ...

The World Meteorological Organization’s fifth annual Air Quality and Climate Bulletin, issued in September, called attention to the effects of air pollution on climate change and human and ecosystem ...

Excess light at night can contribute to air pollution, according to a study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in ...

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 ...

Researchers have transformed air quality data into maps, visualisations and exhibitions to connect people to the issues in ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. When the Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, its ...