The Latest Breaking News on Environment

French researchers have found microplastics in more than three-quarters of agricultural soil samples tested across the country, raising fresh concerns about plastic pollution beyond the oceans.

Affluent areas average as few 7,000 residents per public pool, while suburbs farther from the coast may have as many as 138,000

A conservation project is helping identify and restore wildlife-rich sites previously degraded and dried up

Fungi don’t just live in soils and with land plants, or breaking down complex materials like wood. They also thrive in the marine environment. Indeed, ocean-living fungi account for 5% of total ocean biomass.

Flood-prone Hoboken, New Jersey, has opened a play area for its youngest residents that doubles as storage for stormwater runoff

Six generations ago, Europe’s seas possessed vast oyster reefs. Oysters were found in their millions, clustered together in reef systems that spanned hundreds of square kilometres. Now the reefs are gone and with them, our collective understanding of what the sea used to look like.

Green heating technology has an image problem. Now energy groups are promoting them on grounds of cost, status and energy security

Policymakers and insurers act as if Britain’s coastlines are fixed, but the waters are advancing faster than before

Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire: Looking down on the valley, the new year low light brings a glossy, silvery quality to all below

Volunteers’ data should be included in official monitoring reports to tackle pollution crisis, says Earthwatch

Experts say sighting of orca in Puget Sound with second deceased calf is ‘devastating’ for ailing population