Governments must end incentives that see plastic waste shipped abroad, where it may be buried or burned, rather than being turned back into bottles at home, say industry leaders.
Administration predicts that the annual dead zone will reach an area of nearly 8,200 square miles in July, more than 50 percent larger than its average size.
Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, according to a new study published in the journal Science.
Chlorine mixed with sunscreen has been found to result in kidney and liver dysfunctions, as well as nervous system disorders.
Low attention and a flood of data are serious problems for social networks.
The declaration signed by more than 200 scientists and medical professionals from around the world states that Triclosan and Triclocarban may pose grave risks to human health and the environment.
Hot weather is the number one summertime killer in much of the world — and the number of these deadly heat waves is only going to increase.
A slush puddle nearly twice the size of California, Us appeared in Antarctica in January of 2016, according to a new paper in Nature Communications.
Levels are below FDA’s decades-old standards, but latest data says no level safe.
Shops should be transformed to drive customers towards buying healthy food and drink, according to a report by University of Stirling academics.
The researchers found out of 40,760 rivers, a mere 20 contribute two thirds of the plastic input. The Ocean Cleanup created an interactive map to help visualize the issue.
Globally, more than 2 billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese, and an increasing percentage of people die from these health conditions, according to a new study.
For the first time, scientists created a method for effectively mapping that DNA damage at high resolution across the genome.
Many questions remain unanswered about methane hydrates, including a rather big one: could our current climate change thaw some hydrates, contributing to further warming in the near future?
I visited the garment factory workers who could lose their jobs to automation. But could robots also change their lives?
