Science

Potentially explosive methane gas leaking from energy wells may travel extensively through groundwater and pose a safety risk, according to a new study. It...

US president Donald Trump’s climate change skepticism has forced a clutch of Republicans in the House of Representatives out of the climate closet.The populist...

The distrution of a radioactive Thorium isotope is important in multiple aspects of oceanograpy. Now one researcher has revisited the issue on processes influencing...

When it comes to their role in aquatic ecosystems, exotic water plants are generally no different than indigenous species. In fact, they can be...

Concern over the use of neonicotinoid pesticides is growing as studies find them in rivers and streams, and link them with declining bee populations...

Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong Come late afternoon, just before the close of day, Bang Ma-neng sets out to sea. As always, he will ready his fishing gear...

Environmentalists cheered Tuesday as Gov. Larry Hogan followed through on his promise to sign a statewide fracking ban — and some predicted that Maryland's...

Pollution Exclusive: More than 2,000 schools and nurseries close to roads with damaging levels of diesel fumes, joint investigation by Guardian and Greenpeace reveals Check whether...

India's population is forecast to rise to 1.6 billion by 2050, and to ensure there is enough available freshwater, water use will have to...

Carmichael coalmine Environmental and legal groups fear impact on groundwater and accuse Queensland government of giving Indian mining company special treatment <!--><!--><!--><!--> Protesters assemble at Westpac Bank’s...