Efforts to reduce the presence of harmful metals like lead in the environment are having an effect, according to the results of an EPA Victoria study. The study, titled "Trace elements in liver and ...

A new study by Transport & Environment finds a link between booming air tourism in seven European countries and soaring rents and house prices, though it does not in itself explain the full extent of ...

A sweeping study of three decades of lawsuits has revealed both the effectiveness but also the underuse of civil litigation to enforce environmental protections. An examination of more than 25,000 ...

An international team of researchers led by King's College London has identified genetic factors that may make some individuals more or less sensitive to the environments they experience. The ...

Four key pillars of the global climate are melting in the heat trapped by rising fossil fuel emissions, a new study has found. The relatively stable climate that nurtured human civilization depends in ...

Electric vehicles in the United States produce fewer greenhouse gases than gas automobiles, even when factoring in battery-making emissions, limited range during bad weather and coal-fired power grids ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at the highest risk of being affected by flooding, with New York and New Orleans standing out, according to ...

Why do some people live to 100 while their sibling dies decades earlier? Is it luck, lifestyle, or something written into their DNA? Relative to many other species, humans are particularly long-lived, ...

Environmental and lifestyle factors play a far greater role than genetics in determining the likelihood of dying young, according to the largest study yet to untangle the contributions of nature and ...