Microplastics are everywhere, but new research points to a need to standardize measurements of microparticles.

Smoke billows from a large steel plant on Nov., 4, 2016, in Inner Mongolia, China. Over the industrial era, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by about 40%, according to the ...

The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii increased ...

Mercury pollution levels in the Earth’s atmosphere have spiked by seven times since the modern era began around 1500 CE, new research shows. The work, published as a study in the journal Geophysical ...

Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) have stabilized after a period of huge growth. Average growth is now down to just 0.6% per year, compared to 2% per year in the ...

"CO2 is a trace gas in our atmosphere," the post is captioned. "Numbers say that all the nonsense we're subjected too in reference to it's effect and our contribution to the amount in the atmosphere ...

This plant (left), found along the slopes of Mount Everest, grows in individual layers (right) that have been used to understand how atmospheric mercury levels have changed in the past 40 years.

A lightning-caused wildfire burns in Alberta, Canada. All the technology that we enjoy today —- from global Wi-Fi to air travel —- stems from the fact that we first harnessed fire. And the reality ...

One reservoir in northern California rose by 5 feet after two atmospheric rivers supplemented the water levels. An atmospheric river began across much of the Pacific Northwest, including Oregon and ...

The last time carbon dioxide in the atmosphere consistently matched today's human-driven levels was 14 million years ago, according to a large new study Thursday that paints a grim picture of where ...

The claim: The 'six great ice ages' began when CO2 was higher than now; all plants and animals die when CO2 levels are cut in half A July 4 post (direct link, archive link) on X, formerly Twitter, ...