A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. Researchers used A.I. to model waste ...

MIT researchers have some good environmental news: Mercury emissions from human activity have been declining over the past two decades, despite global emissions inventories that indicate otherwise. In ...

Snowballing framework between the oil slick dataset and the deep learning model. The left panel (in red) represents the process of data preparation, and the right panel (in blue) represents the ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, space- and ground-based observations have shown that Earth’s atmosphere has seen significant reductions in some air pollutants. However, scientists wanted to know ...

The new model could help policy-makers understand how the spatial distribution of industrial firms and their impact on the local environment affect regional development Regional and urban economics ...

China’s rapid urbanization has fueled an unprecedented expansion of construction, dramatically increasing energy use and emissions across supply chains and building operations. While air quality ...

Coastal and estuarine waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, playing an essential role in maintaining ecological balance, supporting biodiversity, and fostering economic development ...