Take it outside! is a three-part series exploring ways Cape Cod high school environmental science classes are learning beyond the classroom.

For over 80 years, researchers have documented how powerful industries can exert influence over the very institutions meant to regulate them—a phenomenon known as "corporate capture." International ...

Squinting into the treetops won’t reveal the tiny organisms up there. But these creatures leave clues, in the form of DNA, on the leaves and branches. Now, researchers report in ACS’ Environmental ...

Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they may be affecting our weather and temperatures. A study published in ...