Citizens are taking water testing into their own hands as sewage spills in rivers and on beaches increasingly get reported.

The River Chief System (RCS) in China plays a crucial role in addressing transboundary water pollution (TWP), which is vital for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of "clean water." This study ...

Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm, have become so pervasive that they are detectable in ...

Chemicals from wastewater, such as illicit drugs and byproducts, have been found in the air along the coast near the polluted Tijuana River. Researchers said the pollutants are carried in wastewater ...

Nitrate pollution is a growing global environmental challenge due to the extensive use of fertilizer. A study published in ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. XIE Pinhua from the Hefei lnstitutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a novel prediction model for surface ozone ...

The construction of the national water network optimizes water resource allocation but also causes a redistribution of pollutants due to water quality differences, posing urgent challenges for water ...

At its peak concentration levels, the air wafting through the Tijuana River Valley contains thousands of times the typical rate of hydrogen sulfide found in an urban neighborhood, a new study in the ...

Melanie Malone led a research project to identify and study contamination sites in Washington State. Then the E.P.A. canceled her grant. Credit...Meron Tekie Menghistab for The New York Times ...

Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa’s Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in the water to swing the front of her boat into the air. The water is ...

Some fishers in Bamako, Mali’s capital, are raising concerns about dredging of the Niger River in search of gold. They say the combination of dredging and increasing plastic pollution is causing fish ...