Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 8: A house in on fire as ...

Many human activities release pollutants into the air, water, and soil. These harmful chemicals threaten the health of both people and the ecosystem. According to the World Health Organization, air ...

The haze is visible in Mexico City, Mexico, during the Yellow Traffic Light due to a heat wave and Phase 1 of the Atmospheric Environmental Contingency for ozone, as announced by the Environmental ...

The waves of U.S. and Israeli bomb strikes in Tehran and Beirut, and Iran’s missile and drone attacks on neighboring ...

Wildlife species throughout the world are contending with both chemical pollutants and invasive species. In a newly published review, a University of Wyoming researcher examined how chemical pollution ...

Individual outdoor air pollutants are linked with non-viral asthma attacks, study finds. In a study of children living in urban neighborhoods across the United States, nearly 30% of asthma attacks ...

Microplastics -- small plastic pieces less than five millimeters in length -- are becoming a ubiquitous ecological contaminant. Studies suggest that on their own, these tiny bits are potentially ...

Air pollution has always been a big deal, but the pandemic was a catalyst for many of us to start thinking about the air–and what’s in it–much more seriously. More than four years after Covid-19 first ...

Ian Myles receives funding from the Department of Intramural Research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He is the author of, and receives royalties for, the book GATTACA ...

In agriculture, large quantities of nano- and microplastics end up in the soil through compost, sewage sludge and the use of mulching foils. The plastic particles always carry various pollutants with ...