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A decade after Brazil’s 2015 Fundão dam collapse, research shows bananas grown near the Doce River estuary may contain ...

A major oil spill which killed thousands of birds is still being debated, three decades later.

The birth of industrial civilisation in the 18th century meant humans could extract, transport, and process ever more of nature’s bounty, permanently affecting natural cycles. As we navigate the ...

(CNN) — Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship carrying toxic chemicals smashed into an oil tanker transporting jet fuel for the US ...

A D.C. utility had been working for weeks to repair a collapsed sewer line when the president blamed Maryland’s governor for ...

The concentrations of lead and other toxic elements exceed FAO limits for children and could pose long term health issues.

Climate change and environmental degradation are worsening the impacts of disasters on vulnerable people – making it vital that environmental and humanitarian organizations work more closely together, ...

Can food grown in areas affected by an environmental disaster be consumed? A scientific team has investigated this pressing question for the inhabitants of the Brazilian region of the Rio ...

Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster took their case for compensation to a UK court Monday, almost nine years after tons of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 ...