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A new report, coauthored by Northwestern University faculty including Professors Emeritus Stephen Carr and William Miller, ...

The issue of harmful algae blooms is currently becoming one of the major environmental and health risks in the world, impacting lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and even coastal areas on various continents.

The Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research is an interdisciplinary research center in which environmental engineers, environmental health scientists, philosophers, and other groups work ...

There was an interesting discussion today at Rhode Island College from Dr. Christopher M. Reddy, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. The Rhode Island ...

That’s the first step towards making the problem a hot button issue in American politics like abortion and immigration. The second step is action which will prove difficult to come by. The heat is on.

When cleanup volunteer Sergei Solovev arrived in the town of Tuapse, on Russia’s Black Sea coast, an unpleasant odour hung in the air and everything was coated in a layer of black grime. “I saw train ...

Environmental disasters affect both urban and rural communities, but rural communities tend to suffer more severely. In a study on a rural community in Odisha, India, a team of researchers examined ...

Russian stories of civic resistance show that environmental justice often begins with a simple question: who has the right to ...

Researchers found that mining waste from the 2015 Mariana dam disaster persists in soil and water, entering local crops — indicating ongoing contamination. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist ...

The role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in emergency response is part of the national response plan for disasters. The agency is involved in the preparedness and planning ...