These once-common chemicals are linked to cancer and a host of other ailments. And they may be tainting more than 11,000 sites around Michigan.
From Cambodia to California, industrial-scale sand mining is causing wildlife to die, local trade to wither and bridges to collapse. And booming urbanisation means the demand for this increasingly valuable resource is unlikely to let up
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that perchlorate, an environmental pollutant found in many sources of drinking water in the U.S., inhibits the uptake of iodide, an essential component of thyroid hormones, in a more pronounced and fundamental way than commonly considered.
Namibia has nearly a thousand miles of coastline, shaped by the winds and largely unpopulated, where the Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Though poaching is often associated with endangered species, many plant species are feeling its devastating effects.
As an airline in Taiwan launches a three-hour ‘flight to nowhere for singles looking for love’, Daisy Dunne asks how such services can be justified in the era of the climate crisis
The increase in clothing consumption, exemplified in fast fashion, has severe environmental consequences. This Review discusses the impacts of fashion on natural resources and the environment, and examines how technology, policy and consumer behaviour can mitigate the negative effects of the fashion industry.
Namibia is famous for its lucrative diamond trade, but that isn't the only feather in this country's mining cap. Following a spate of lucrative prospecting deals agreed earlier this year, Rowan Watt-Pringle asks what the future may hold for Namibia's mining sector.
Over 8 million tonnes of plastic are discarded into our oceans every year, polluting our oceans and choking our wildlife. Find out what you can do to help
Silent Spring’s Detox Me app is a clean lifestyle guide that walks you through simple, research-based tips on how to reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals where you live, work, and play.
Acid mine drainage is one of mining’s most serious threats to water. A mine draining acid can devastate rivers, streams, and aquatic life for hundreds, and under the “right” conditions, thousands of years.
A super trawler 14 times the size of UK fishing boats is plundering thousands of tonnes of fish from British waters before Brexit, when the Government will be able to kick the vessel out.
The maps show areas where critical loads for eutrophication of freshwater and terrestrial habitats are exceeded (CSI 005) by nitrogen depositions caused by emissions between 1980 (top left) and 2030 (bottom right)
Namibia has nearly a thousand miles of coastline, shaped by the winds and largely unpopulated, where the Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Analysis of new satellite data released by the Brazilian government links international soy exports to major deforestation in the Amazon and Cerrado.
How many tigers are left in the world? The number of remaining wild tigers is difficult to judge for these reasons...
On 24 March, 1989 an oil tanker ran aground in the Gulf of Alaska, dumping 11 million gallons of crude oil. Here we present images of one of the worst environmental disasters of all time
Where did the past 10 years get us? These seven charts below begin to hint at an answer to that question.
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Namibia has become what is thought to be the first country to designate its entire coastline a national park.
A pair of environmental scientists are warning that the worldwide population could be facing another health crisis—ailments that impact people due to ingestion of microplastics. In their Perspectives piece published in the journal Science, A. Dick Vethaak, with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Juliette Legler, with Utrecht University, note that the effects of ingesting microplastics on the human body are unknown.
The first big international effort to combat mercury pollution is zeroing in on small gold mines, which account for almost half of annual emissions.
NACOPA, Mozambique — It’s nighttime on Mount Nallume in central Mozambique and the chirping of frenzied crickets fills the thick forest air. Then, toward midnight, another voice joins the cacophony. “I found one!” yells Julian Bayliss to his colleagues Vanessa Muianga and Phil Platts. Muianga is a curator and freshwater expert at the Museum of […]
Some of the worst oil spills have harmed wildlife, polluted the air and water, and altered the ecosystem for years.
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This paper examines the environmental impacts of small-scale gold mining in Ghana, and prescribes a series of recommendations for improving environmental performance in the industry. Since the enactm...
British oil giant faces Deepwater Horizon court case determined to dispute level of culpability and reduce fines
