Researchers have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution dating to around 5,200 years ago in ancient Greece.

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity.

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported metagenomes from several African sites. The paper, titled "Expanding the human ...

Protecting and conserving our natural heritage, predicting weather and environmental conditions, preventing and managing pollution, promoting clean growth and a sustainable environment for present and ...

Melting ice in Yellowstone has revealed the fossilized remains of Whitebark pine trees that formed a part of a larger ancient forest. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is teeming with natural ...

"For the vast majority of human history," says Lara Cassidy ... it does make up some 15% of the anthropological record," including in Central Africa and among certain Native American communities, she ...

Carla Clark | For The Republic Cassie Gonsior, social studies teacher and department board chair, shown teaching her U.S. History class at Columbus East High School, Columbus, Ind., Monday ...

the bursaries will support deserving students pursuing studies in fields within the built environment, including engineering, quantity surveying, and project management. These skills are vital to ...

South Africa accused Israel of “killing Palestinians in Gaza, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, and inflicting on them conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical ...

But extracting silver from the Earth creates a whole lot of lead, said Joseph McConnell, an environmental scientist ... the bloodstreams of people in ancient Rome. Dr. McConnell and his colleagues ...

The Industrial Revolution was undeniably a major turning point in history. Beginning in the late 1700’s, human environmental impacts reached previously impossible new heights. Yet pollution wasn ...