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Urban vehicle emissions are a critical contributor to atmospheric pollution, impacting air quality, public health, and climate systems. While exhaust emissions—such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), ...

Tiny plastic particles aren’t just choking oceans and cities—they’re quietly infiltrating forests too. Scientists discovered ...

As the American Southwest grapples with unnaturally sky-high temperatures wrought by a destructive “heat dome,” scientists say carbon dioxide — a polluting greenhouse gas released by fossil fuels, ...

Microplastics are spreading far beyond oceans, accumulating in forest soils after falling from the air, raising new concerns.

Recently, the rare scientific phenomenon received global attention after reports from Tehran in March 2026 indicated that residents observed ‘dark rain’ following airstrikes on oil storage facilities.

A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the re-entry of a specific rocket stage. The results, published in Communications Earth & Environment, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fireball created by the rocket's upper stage streaking across the sky, seen in a long-exposure image above Berlin (Gerd ...

Researchers successfully employed high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) to analyze atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) across Quebec using ...

Reusable space technology has led to a rise in space transportation at a lower cost, as popularized by commercial spaceflights of companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. What is poorly understood, ...

When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of ...