This past April 22 was the 55th Earth Day celebrated around the world, with billions of people participating in Earth Day ...

NASA's images reveal Earth's deteriorating condition, a stark contrast to the iconic 'Blue Marble' photo. Decades of ...

Look up at the night sky. Among the sparkling stars and wandering planets, a silent threat grows with each passing day—a ...

What does the future hold for the next generation of people who live in the Amazon? We meet the indigenous teenagers trying to preserve their way of life and a ranching family who moved to the ...

The Amazon is one of the most dangerous regions in South America, especially for journalists reporting on topics such as illegal activities like land grabbing, mining and drug trafficking.

The session is part of a years-long effort to create a legally binding international agreement to end plastic pollution, which is one of the planet's most-pressing environmental challenges. "Young ...

"It gets mixed with the soil, and our cows eat it. Many have died because of this." Additionally, they said, "if plastic pollution continues … fishing will become impossible." The potential dual loss ...

Based on data recovered so far, the worst offender is plastic, which makes up roughly 77 percent of all trash reported. Food wrappers were the most predominant form of plastic litter, though soda ...

This study emphasizes the importance of mangrove estuaries as critical ecological zones that are susceptible to plastic pollution from urban and industrial sources, highlighting the need for targeted ...

The same turbidity currents that flush microplastics also bring oxygen and nutrients to the deep sea, forming biodiversity hot spots in the same locations where plastic pollution accumulates.

Costa Rica ranks among Latin America’s most affected countries for plastic bottle pollution on its beaches, according to a new study by Chile’s Universidad Católica del Norte. The report, titled “In ...