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Pollution (Page 3)

Latest in Pollution

Residents Alarmed When Entire River Turns White

By Victor Tangermann

A Shocking Amount of US “Recycling” Goes Straight to the Landfill

By Victor Tangermann

Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School

By Frank Landymore

Gender Reveal Party Under Investigation for Polluting Entire River

By Frank Landymore

Man Headed to Prison for Dumping Toxic Pollution Into Ocean

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Even Antarctica Isn’t Safe From Microplastics, Researchers Confirm

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Most Darkly Hilarious Memes About Our Bodies Being Filled With Horrifying Microplastics

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Marine Scientists Say Pulling Plastic Out of the Ocean Isn’t Even Worth It

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Remember That Giant Burning Ship of Luxury Cars? It Just Sank

By Noor Al-Sibai

Microbes Are Evolving to Eat Plastic Pollution, Scientists Say

By Tony Ho Tran

The US Is Filling the Oceans With Shocking Amounts of Disgusting Plastic

By Victor Tangermann

Massachusetts Residents Alarmed by Plan to Dump Radioactive Water Into Ocean

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Festival Goers Did So Many Drugs That Their Pee Harmed Local Fish

By Dan Robitzski

No, Plastic Pollution Isn’t Driving Crabs Into a Sexual Frenzy

By Victor Tangermann

Pollution Runoff Causes Entire Lake to Turn Bright Pink

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists Say World Is Approaching Non-Reversible “Tipping Point” in Plastic Pollution

By Victor Tangermann

New Car Sucks Up Pollution While It Drives

By Tony Ho Tran

Pollution Is Shrinking Human Penises, Warns Famous Environmentalist

By Victor Tangermann

NASA Is Hunting Alien Civilizations by Looking for Their Pollution

By Dan Robitzski

Russian Surfers Say Mysterious Pollution Is Poisoning Them

By Victor Tangermann

Pollution Dissolved This Shark’s Teeth and Skin, Researchers Say

By Dan Robitzski

Colorado Urges Residents to Hide Inside Air Filtrated “Safe Rooms”

By Jon Christian

The Coronavirus Is Deadlier in Places With Bad Pollution

By Dan Robitzski

As Air Pollution Spikes, Indian “Bars” Sell Clean Oxygen

By Dan Robitzski

Study: Strokes, Heart Attacks Spike on Days With Poor Air Quality

By Kristin Houser

Rain Clouds Are Dropping Microplastic on the Rocky Mountains

By Dan Robitzski

Why Is a Strange Plastic Crust Spreading on This Island’s Coast?

By Kristin Houser

Diver Reaches Record Ocean Depth — and Finds a Plastic Bag

By Kristin Houser

“BioSolar Leaf” Tech Will Pull Pollution from London Air

By Kristin Houser

Seaweed Straw “Looks, Feels, and Acts Like Plastic,” Says Startup

By Kristin Houser

Horrifying “Black Snow” Blankets Russian Towns

By Kristin Houser

China Plans “Punishment” for Officials Who Miss Pollution Goals

By Jon Christian

Jellyfish Thrive on Pollution and Climate Change. Now They’re Taking Over

By Jon Christian

Microorganisms That Eat Seaweed Can Create Biodegradable Plastic

By Kristin Houser

Ocean Cleanup Barrier Isn’t Catching Plastic, but Could Be Soon

By Kristin Houser

WHO Director: Air Pollution Is the “New Tobacco”

By Kristin Houser

The EU Just Voted to Completely Ban Single-Use Plastics

By Kristin Houser

Dumber Humans — That’s Just One Effect of a More Polluted Future

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws

By Kristin Houser

Hawaii’s Sunscreen Ban Will Attempt to Protect Struggling Coral Reefs

By Claudia Geib

You’re Probably Drinking Microplastics With Your Bottled Water

By Alexandra Ossola

The Seabin Will Start Cleaning Australian Waterways in March

Taiwan Commits to Banning Plastic Items by 2030

Microplastics Endanger All Marine Life, From Fish to Top Predators

It’s Great That Supermarkets Are Cutting Plastic Waste. But That’s Not Going to Solve the Problem.

By Kristin Houser

Chemicals Like Perfume Produce as Much Air Pollution as Cars

By Chelsea Gohd

China Will Plant 32,400 Square Miles of Trees to Combat Air Pollution

Blue Planet II Has Inspired the BBC to Ban All Plastic Containers and Utensils by 2020

To Reduce Air Pollution, Germany Will Test Free Public Transportation in Some Cities

Is Pollution Artificially Shielding Us From Climate Change?

An Ocean of Plastic Is Choking the World’s Most Precious Coral Reefs

Researchers Find Pollution Is the Biggest Global Threat to Human Health

By Chelsea Gohd

An Unlikely New Ally Has Emerged in the Fight Against Pollution in Water

By Patrick Caughill

The End of Plastic Has Officially Arrived

By Chelsea Gohd

The World’s Biggest Smog Tower Offers Hope to Polluted Megacities in China

The UK Prime Minister Is Working to End Plastic Litter by 2042

By Chelsea Gohd

New Airplane Design Uses Less Fuel, Reducing Noise and Air Pollution

By Kristin Houser

Thousands Were Saved Between 1990 and 2012 as Air Pollution Declined

By Chelsea Gohd

Air Pollution Has a Massive Impact on Early Brain Development

China Is Officially Enacting a Plastic Waste Import Ban

By Chelsea Gohd

Most British Beaches Found to Be Polluted With Deadly Plastic

By Christianna Reedy

Energy-Saving LED Light Bulbs Are Contributing to Light Pollution

By Chelsea Gohd

China’s Government Is Shutting Down Factories to Fight Air Pollution

The U.K. Just Installed Its First “Seabin” to Clean Plastic-Polluted Waters

By Chelsea Gohd