Climate change is making plastic pollution more mobile, toxic, and widespread, accelerating risks for wildlife, ecosystems, ...

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In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, billions of people around the world were in lockdowns, and as a result, pollution rates decreased significantly. However, in the two years that have ...

Earth is in the scientific "danger zone" for all environmental measures by air pollution, according to a new study. If the planet got an annual check-up like a person, scientists say Earth is "really ...

Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet ...

BRONX, New York (WABC) -- On Earth Day, Rep. Ritchie Torres and Bronx officials announced initiatives to combat air pollution. A recent report from Columbia University finds vehicle congestion on the ...

This Sunday more than a billion people will celebrate Earth Day. This year’s theme: ending plastic pollution by Earth Day 2020. Of the nearly 300 million tons of plastic sold each year, about 90 ...

Denis Hayes was the principal national organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970, and he took the event to the international stage in 1990. Earth Day 2018 is slated for April 22 and focuses on plastic ...

Almost every image that will be taken by future space observatories in low-Earth orbit could be tainted due to light contamination from satellites. That is according to a new analysis from researchers ...

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications ...