Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, a new study has found. As many ...

Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with "heavy metals," according to a new study in Science. These ...

Fires and agricultural soils can rival cars and factories in emitting chemicals that lead to ozone, making it hard to meet air quality standards.

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A study published in Science looks at global soil contamination by toxic metals. Dr Lucie Buchi, Senior Lecturer in Crop Ecology at the NRI, University of Greenwich, said: ...

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 ...

a new study from University of Missouri researcher Maryam Salehi and collaborators uncovers a downside—microplastic pollution ...