The Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas  has warned that acid rain poses a potential threat to Metro Cebu and nearby provinces, even as air quality readings remain within the "good" ...

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday moved to loosen truck pollution regulations put in place by his ...

Sugar-loving mouth bacteria create acids that damage teeth, but arginine can help fight back. In a clinical trial, arginine-treated dental plaque stayed less acidic, became structurally less harmful, ...

Freshwater lakes across North America and Europe have been quietly changing colour for decades and not in a good way. A ...

Humans drink approximately 400 billion cups of coffee annually, leaving behind 18 million tonnes of wet coffee grounds, ...

Anhydride additive speeds up polylactic acid breakdown and could make it possible to compost the plastic at home ...

The trend, known as "freshwater browning," is a slow darkening of lakes, ponds, and streams that researchers say is reshaping fish populations across northeastern North America and Northern Europe.

Rain does more than water a garden. Every time a drop lands on a leaf, something quietly remarkable happens inside the plant.

Each year, the world discards more than 10 million tons of spent coffee grounds, and most go to landfills or incinerators, even though they still contain usable energy. Now, researchers in South Korea ...

In today's DNA episode, Zee News Managing Editor Rahul Sinha decodes the bizarre claim by Uttar Pradesh Police that gold jewellery worth ₹1 crore melted in rainwater and the remaining ornaments were ...

New study reveals the alarming impact of CFC replacements on the environment, producing a persistent 'forever chemical' called trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) that contaminates water and human blood.

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