England’s sewage spills: why citizen scientists want to test for pollution themselves

Citizens are taking water testing into their own hands as sewage spills in rivers and on beaches increasingly get reported.

Landscape water velocities across Europe reshape nitrogen pollution risk under climate change

Nitrate pollution is a growing global environmental challenge due to the extensive use of fertilizer. A study published in ...
Science Daily

Soil and water pollution: An invisible threat to cardiovascular health

Pesticides, heavy metals, micro- and nanoplastics in the soil, and environmentally harmful chemicals can have a detrimental effect on the cardiovascular system, according to a review paper. The ...
Mongabay

Pollution poses big risks to global clean water supplies, study shows

Nitrogen pollution could intensify global water scarcity threefold by 2050, scientists warn in a recently published paper. In addition, “newly emerging pollutants,” such as microplastics, heavy metals ...
Santa Clara University

The Responsibility of Corporations to Mitigate Water Pollution

Claire Carlson ’23 was a 2022-23 Environmental Ethics Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Improper dumping and waste disposal from corporations impacts the ...