As Space.com reports, having a gigantic chunk of metal and other materials burn up in the atmosphere could release harmful chemicals that could hurt the Earth's protective ozone layer.

These chemicals have been detected virtually everywhere on Earth, from the top of Mount Everest ... of the chemicals has been linked to liver damage, high cholesterol, reduced immune responses ...

Understanding Rare Earth Elements Rare earth elements, or REEs, are a group of 17 metals crucial for many modern technologies ...

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the prebiotic processes that may have led to life on Earth.

As an undergraduate student of environmental studies at the University of B.C., Camryn Collette was horrified to learn how much damage plastic pollution has done to the Earth and to human health.