Earth in Action, by Esri’s Maps.com, brings planetary data to life, depicting the rise and fall of temperatures and the swirling of aerosols. A typical map of temperatures across the planet shows just ...

Traffic cameras and mobile data are being used to map city pollution in real time, giving cities a powerful new tool to track ...

Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of ...

As final negotiations for an international plastics treaty get underway this week in Busan, South Korea, scientists warn that the global plastics crisis is far more dangerous than previously thought.

Ten years ago, there were about 1,200 satellites in orbit around the earth. Now there are about 12,000 and the numbers are growing rapidly. Starlink alone has 9,000 satellites in its communications ...

Dear EarthTalk: Can you discuss pollutants in car interior materials, and also pollution inside cars originating from gasoline and diesel exhausts outside the car? — Mervyn Kline, Philadelphia, Pa.

What long-term threats does plastic pollution have on the Earth, and specifically marine life? This is what a recent study published in Nature Sustainability hopes to address as a team of scientists ...

RAPIDAN, Minn. — The water quality in the Blue Earth River has deteriorated significantly since the Rapidan Dam suffered a partial failure and sent nearly 12 million cubic yards of sediment behind the ...

There are better ways to celebrate Earth Day than sitting at your computer. But if you can’t make it out to, say, the Twin Islands Loop near Orchard Beach, you can at least learn more about how what ...