The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...

Most of the world breathes unhealthy air. Poor monitoring, industrial emissions, and weak regulations worsen air pollution.

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

Researchers used community input to design Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) air-quality model experiments. Community asked for ACT policy simulations that convert 48% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles into ...

The Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer offers what experts call an unprecedented look at the world’s lakes, rivers and wetlands, ...

Switching to stricter California-style limits on truck emissions would prevent 500 deaths per year in the greater Chicago region by 2050, according to a new study from Northwestern University. The ...

Study predicts air pollution and climate change will reduce solar panel efficiency in India, impacting renewable energy goals ...

The Earth is absorbing more sunlight and trapping more heat than it releases into space, causing our planet to warm up at an ...

Earth’s climate is heating up faster than expected, and a major culprit is the changing behavior of clouds over oceans. As ...

On top of all that, there’s a federal-building fire sale underway. DOGE has begun the process of canceling leases on hundreds ...

Earth is absorbing more sunlight and trapping more heat than it releases into space, causing our planet to warm up at an increasing rate. New research shows that cloudy areas over oceans are ...

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.