The Latest Breaking News on Pollution

Even brief exposure to particulate matter may impair a person’s ability to focus on tasks

President said he will sign an executive order next week despite global plastics crisis

What if well-meaning policies that reduce one atmospheric pollutant could also increase natural emissions of powerful greenhouse gases?

Even brief exposure to particulate matter found to impede selective attention and emotional recognition

Polluted runoff is still smothering the Great Barrier Reef, our first national assessment of water quality trends in Australian rivers has revealed. The problem on the reef is getting worse, not better, despite efforts to improve farming practices and billions of dollars committed by governments to water-quality improvements.

Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree

Mountaineers now scaling more peaks for first global study of nanoplastics, which can enter lungs and bloodstream

New research points to air pollution as a growing contributor to lung cancer around the world

A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's ageing pipes.