Up to 17 percent of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up ...

Let this serve as a wake-up call — not just for officials but for us all. Authorities expose businessman's decade-long ...

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal contaminants from the soil, which are consumed by pollinators as they feed, a new ...

As pollution and climate issues worsen, farmers and agricultural workers often face challenges in maintaining the integrity of the land in their environment.

This nonliving carbon is derived in particular from the excrement and decomposition of dead plants and animals, and eventually becomes food for soil organisms. While the mechanisms by which carbon ...

Nanoplastics are an increasing threat to the ecosystem; however, their mobility in the soil is still underexplored. Against this backdrop, researchers investigated the adsorption and aggregation ...

EU lawmakers have struck a landmark deal on the first Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive, aiming to reverse soil degradation and ...

Appeals court revives trespass claim over toxic seepage from ExxonMobil's Torrance refinery, sending lawsuit back to district ...

We have less land available for agriculture due to urban ... As well as contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, soil acidification and biodiversity loss, inefficient use of nitrogen-based ...

Waste occurs at every stage of the garment manufacturing process, harming wildlife, degrading land, and polluting soil and water ... wool are responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, ...

“The world’s natural resources, including soil, water and land, are being depleted at ... droughts and floods, and pollution - the four elements of water that together compose the global ...