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Poor overall environmental quality linked to elevated cancer rates

Poor overall environmental quality linked to elevated cancer rates

. May 10, 2017

Nationwide, counties with the poorest quality across five domains -- air, water, land, the built environment and sociodemographic -- had....

25 Staggering Ways To Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Save Our Environment Today

25 Staggering Ways To Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Save Our Environment Today

. May 10, 2017

We currently live in a society where there is over consumption and this comes with increased garbage which is a....

Sources and Effects of Common Air Pollutants

Sources and Effects of Common Air Pollutants

. May 10, 2017

Air pollution is a growing problem around the world, with individuals and nations alike pumping enormous volumes of harmful pollutants....

NASA to Measure Greenhouse Gases Over the Mid-Atlantic Region in May

NASA to Measure Greenhouse Gases Over the Mid-Atlantic Region in May

. May 03, 2017

In May, a team of Goddard scientists will begin measuring greenhouse gases over the Mid-Atlantic region — an area chosen....

Smoking: a Polluting Habit

Smoking: a Polluting Habit

. May 03, 2017

The damage to health caused by smoking is widely known and largely standard fare. In this article are laid out....

What is Battery Recycling?

What is Battery Recycling?

. May 03, 2017

Battery recycling is the reuse and reprocessing practice of batteries aimed at reducing the number of batteries being disposed as....

Is climate change responsible for record-setting extreme weather events?

Is climate change responsible for record-setting extreme weather events?

. April 29, 2017

After an unusually intense heat wave, downpour or drought, climate scientists inevitably receive phone calls and emails asking whether human-caused....

Power plants will have to cut toxic emmisions under new EU rules

Power plants will have to cut toxic emmisions under new EU rules

. April 29, 2017

New rules to limit air pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and mercury could save more than 20,000 lives a year,....