Phytochelatin synthases (PCSs) produce phytochelatins—tiny, cysteine-rich peptides that bind and neutralize toxic metal ions ...

As San Jose attempts to comply with the Clean Water Act and other regulations, the city has significantly reduced the impacts from one of the largest polluters of its waterways: homeless encampments.

If you search for your city on a new map and zoom in, you can see pollution drifting from factories, power plants, and ports into your neighborhood. The map—a first-of-its-kind air quality tool from ...

Chunrong Jia received funding from the Environmental Protection Agency, National Institutes of Health, and JPB Foundation. Abu Mohammed Naser Titu receives funding from the National Institute of ...

Today, the Council adopted the regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to ...

Dr. Hausfather is the climate research lead at Stripe and a research scientist with Berkeley Earth. Dr. Keith is a professor and the founding director of the Climate Systems Engineering Initiative at ...

Heating alone won’t drive soil microbes to release more carbon dioxide — they need added carbon and nutrients to thrive. This finding challenges assumptions about how climate warming influences soil ...

Jakarta’s air pollution crisis extends indoors, where fine particulate matter often exceeds outdoor levels and World Health Organization guidelines. Poorer households face nearly double the exposure ...

Alzheimer's disease is a complex, multi-faceted condition, and while we know a lot about its signs and symptoms, experts are still trying to crack the code on its causes and factors. Now, new research ...

Climate change is driving more frequent and more intense wildfires around the world, including in the United States. These huge blazes cause a range of problems that affect health, the environment, ...

Dan Daher rolled out at 5 a.m. from the shaded parking lot behind the Torres Martinez Tribal Community Hall in Mecca, as he does every Sunday through Thursday. By day's end, he'll have logged nearly ...

Exposure to high concentrations of air pollution may worsen Alzheimer's disease (AD) by accelerating the buildup of toxic proteins in the brain and speeding up cognitive decline. For the first time, ...