A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

In less than a decade, the number of satellites has more than doubled. There are over 18,000 satellites in orbit at the ...

The Beijing Olympics were a powerful laboratory for showing how improvements in air pollution improve cardiovascular health. The Chinese capital is plagued by chronic air pollution. When the city was ...

The U.S. EPA is delaying standards for steel mill and coke oven emissions for about two more years. The agency previously sought strict standards for what steel mills emit, but new leadership is ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. When the Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, its ...

A man in glasses looks into a fish tank in which fish of many colors are swimming. Ecotoxicologist Bob Wong studies how fish change when exposed to the antidepressant medication fluoxetine. Credit: ...

Exposure to one of the most toxic forms of mercury (methylmercury) may also disrupt the body's metabolic health, according to ...

States also have implemented their own laws around environmental regulation. The natural environment category is one of eight categories driving the overall Best States rankings, and encompasses ...

Oklahoma issued an air quality alert for ozone pollution in Oklahoma City and Lawton, urging residents to take precautions.