The full extent of the health impacts of microplastics is not yet known. A 2024 study points to the possibility that they can ...

Plus, it compacts surface soil, damaging its ecology. Landscape fabrics are generally made out of plastic. As the sheets decompose, they turn into microplastic particles that can pollute the soil and ...

As production of natural gas soared, so has the fracking industry’s production of toxic and often radioactive waste.

Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world's population, restoring soil fertility and sustaining crops.

I was invited to the meeting because of an article titled “Tremble, Microplastics on the Prowl”, which appeared on this page on 24 th February last year. The event was necessitated by overwhelming ...

Good organic amendments for garden soils include wood byproducts such as sawdust and bark mulch, rotted manure, grass or ...

Some people are up in arms over potentially hazardous wildfire debris being sent to local landfills that typically don't ...

SPS Technologies, which erupted into a 4-alarm blaze Monday night, is well known to state and federal environmental regulators as a large generator of chemical waste, some of which is categorized as ...

Cleaner, more pure water backscatters light in the blue range, which makes it look blue. One famous example is Crater Lake in ...

Over the past few days, it’s been impossible to avoid seeing the telltale signs of wildfire ash and debris accumulating along ...

Jason Momoa surprised Kamehameha's students in Hawaii to launch a new initiative to drastically reduce single-use plastic ...

Horizons Regional Council is encouraging communities to do their part to reduce impacts on air quality this summer. Humans ...