A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. When the Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, its ...

In less than a decade, the number of satellites has more than doubled. There are over 18,000 satellites in orbit at the ...

The Beijing Olympics were a powerful laboratory for showing how improvements in air pollution improve cardiovascular health. The Chinese capital is plagued by chronic air pollution. When the city was ...

The potent pollution from so-called megaconstellation satellite systems launched en masse into space since 2019 will account ...

Dr. Janet Seabrook, Gary’s health commissioner, believes it’s important for the city to prioritize its residents’ health, she said at a steel pollution study announcement Wednesday. “I think it’s ...

Changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) during adolescence play an important role in the association between air pollution exposure and insulin resistance, according to a new study led by investigators from ...

Exposure to one of the most toxic forms of mercury (methylmercury) may also disrupt the body's metabolic health, according to ...

As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.