The pristine white snowpack blanketing the Rocky Mountains may look pure, but a new study reveals it carries an invisible ...

As the American Southwest grapples with unnaturally sky-high temperatures wrought by a destructive “heat dome,” scientists say carbon dioxide — a polluting greenhouse gas released by fossil fuels, ...

Carbon monoxide emissions from industrial production have serious consequences for human health and are a strong indicator of overall air pollution levels. Many countries aim to reduce their emissions ...

Urban vehicle emissions are a critical contributor to atmospheric pollution, impacting air quality, public health, and climate systems. While exhaust emissions—such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), ...

The atmosphere is an important transport medium that carries microplastics to even the most remote parts of the world. These ...

After mapping America's skies, scientists realized that they had been missing this crucial pollution contributor: woodburning ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. DRI scientists have previously used atmospheric ...

"If we had a magic wand and could end emissions from agriculture and fossil fuel use and landfills, we would see the atmosphere return to normal within a decade or so," said Rob Jackson in his new ...

Nobody likes smog. Aerosol pollution, a mucky particulate cocktail of soot, dust, chemical fumes, and other compounds that linger in the atmosphere, is a worldwide problem. It’s unsightly, triggers ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating through urban air, far exceeding earlier estimates. Road dust and rainfall ...

GOLDEN, CO — The surge in megasatellite constellations is creating problems beyond amplifying the Earth-circling space debris, according to new research. Reentering spacecraft and rocket stages may ...