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A dramatic aircraft chase of a falling spacecraft has provided new insights into the fiery processes that accompany the atmospheric demise of retired satellites.

Sewage spilled into our rivers 513,234 times last year for more than 4 million hours

Zinc Nacional will move ‘most polluting’ operations after joint investigation found heavy-metals pollution in area

Environmentalists worry that the post-Brexit legislation will allow the destruction of rare and fragile ecosystems

Greatest growth in rural areas as increase in homes with wood-burning stoves contributes to new air pollution hotspots

Nanotechnology is the use of materials that are one-billionth of a metre (a nanometre) in size. One of its potential uses is to clean up whatever is contaminating water supplies. Analytical chemist Philiswa Nomngongo, a leading researcher in nanotechnology for water in South Africa, tells The Conversation Africa what kinds…

As big companies and informal miners blame each other for the damage to rivers and forests, mining risks long-term harm to those living nearby

Guardian reporters map out how Trump is eviscerating efforts to protect the natural world – from ‘drill, baby, drill’ to mass firings

From drum waali Muskaan to ‘beauty parlour jihad’, while mainstream news channels have dedicated hours and hours of airtime to amplify sensationalist stories and communal rhetoric, how seriously have they taken up the issue of increasing air pollution? 

Climbing shoes contain potentially harmful chemical additives, which are released by abrasion on the wall when you climb

The plastic particles are everywhere – here’s what to know about what to avoid, whether they ever leave the body and what to do about plastic pollution