The "black rain" that fell for days in Tehran as a result of air strikes on major Iranian oil storage facilities could have lasting impacts on human health and the environment, according to scientists ...

War is polluting the skies and waterways in Iran, and experts are warning that the conflict’s environmental effects could extend beyond the country. By David Gelles In addition to raising concerns ...

Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war ...

Stephen Hawking's black hole fame wasn't his only focus — he also laid out multiple existential threats. Here are five doomsday risks he talked about.

The ferocity of U.S. and Israeli attacks has raised questions about whether the two countries are even attempting to minimize ...

Last August, 65,000 litres of bright red chemicals were pumped into the Gulf of Maine - yet this wasn't an enormous industrial disaster.

The US military said it destroyed Iranian naval ships — including 16 minelayers — near the Strait of Hormuz. CNN reported earlier that Tehran has begun laying mines in the key waterway. Follow for ...

GENEVA (10 March 2026) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said today he was alarmed by the deepening impact of the Middle East crisis on civilians, deploring extensive attacks in residential areas, ...

Attaining sustainable development goals. Reducing the carbon footprint. Switching from diesel to electric vehicles. Controlling air, land, and water pollution. All of these are great ideas. They sound ...

As the war on Iran by the US and Israel enters the 11th day today, the world is reeling with an energy crisis primarily due to the blockade at the Strait of Hormuz and the bombings over refineries in ...

Exactly 150 years ago, Alexander Graham Bell made the world’s first phone call. “Come here,” he shouted into the fuzzy, one-way phone line at his partner Thomas Watson. “I want you!” (He had spilled ...

We continue our conversation with investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, who says the Iran war is largely about control of fossil fuel resources.