Air pollution cut solar electricity generation by 5.8% in 2023, with coal-related aerosols responsible for huge losses in solar power output.

Scientists could slow global warming with the aid of the atmospheric pollution generated by a surge in launches of ...

Professor Eloise Marais from the University College London talks about her research on pollution from satellites and its impact on earth's climate.

About 80% of Americans can't see the Milky Way due to artificial light pollution. A new study shows where it has gotten worse.

For decades, the conversation around microplastics focused on what they were doing to our oceans, our soil, and our bodies.

The potent pollution from so-called megaconstellation satellite systems launched en masse into space since 2019 will account ...

As final negotiations for an international plastics treaty get underway this week in Busan, South Korea, scientists warn that the global plastics crisis is far more dangerous than previously thought.

Since the Industrial Revolution—an event made possible by the use of fossil fuels in everything from power plants to transportation—Earth has gotten hotter. 2024 was the hottest year on record and the ...

Nearly half of Americans breathe in unhealthy air, according to a new report from the American Lung Association (ALA). The ALA released their annual “State of the Air” report on Wednesday, which also ...

Scientists are using a new technique to study incoming space debris and its effects on Earth's atmosphere.