A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the reentry of a specific ...

Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a ...

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket burned up in Earth's atmosphere.

Traces of black carbon in snow can alter the light reaching plants, potentially shifting growth patterns and reshaping ...

The recent study focuses on the amount of lithium left behind from a single rocket reentry. Previous studies have already ...

Scientists directly measured the lithium left behind in the mesosphere when pieces of a SpaceX rocket fell to Earth over ...

Most farm climate pollution comes from rice and peat soils, and a new map reveals exactly where the biggest hotspots are.

Ten years ago, there were about 1,200 satellites in orbit around the earth. Now there are about 12,000 and the numbers are growing rapidly. Starlink alone has 9,000 satellites in its communications ...

Dear EarthTalk: Can you discuss pollutants in car interior materials, and also pollution inside cars originating from gasoline and diesel exhausts outside the car? — Mervyn Kline, Philadelphia, Pa.

While visions of improved recreational options for the Blue Earth River may be a silver lining to the Rapidan Dam failure, the significant increase in pollution downstream is troubling at best and ...