The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss ...

Land pollution, caused by the improper disposal of waste, is becoming an increasingly urgent issue. Solid and liquid waste generated from human activities often ends up contaminating the land, which ...

Scientists have compiled the first decades-long database of aerosol measurements over land, making possible new research into how air pollution changes affect climate change. Using this new database, ...

China's polluted lakes will never be clean unless efforts are made to eradicate land and water pollution together, a leading Chinese water resources expert said Tuesday. "For a long time, China has ...

Pollution is a public health concern, and is considered to be any harmful material introduced to the environment. Many materials can cause such harm and are referred to as pollutants. Pollutants are ...