The Latest Breaking News from Pollution

Insects are all around us – an ant on the sidewalk, a bee buzzing by, a butterfly floating on the breeze – and they shape the world we experience. They pollinate flowering plants, decompose waste, control pests, and are critical links in food chains.

While unseasonal showers in Delhi provided momentary relief to residents from the heat and pollution in the past few days, pollution levels went back to the unhealthy category on Thursday.          

Henley Swim said pollution concerns about the River Thames had “put thousands of people off the idea of open water swimming”

Charles visited the Thames Tideway Tunnel, a 10-year project designed to protect the Thames from sewage pollution.

SpaceX and Starlink owner may benefit from Trump cuts to projects that could have led to regulations and costs

Data suggests pollution from energy is falling again after previously stalling, but experts say faster growth needed to achieve Labor goal of 82% renewable electricity by 2030

Microplastics – fragments of plastic smaller than 5mm – are accumulating in the environment. They’re found in soil, water, food, even in human lungs, placentas and blood. These plastic particles shed from items we use daily, such as synthetic clothes, tyres, plastic packaging and paint.

Microplastics are among the worst polluters for all ecosystems and can be harmful to all life. We look at how new regulations could reduce the contamination that often occurs during the transport of plastic pellets used in the manufacture of larger products.

Researchers call for urgent action as fragments of plastic found in human brains and pollute food, water and air

Jantar Mantar sees many protests each day with hundreds of participants. In 2017, the National Green Tribunal had pulled up the Delhi government over “noise pollution” in the area.

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