Pollution

An oil spill from a cargo ship in the Port of Thessaloniki on Thursday has alarmed authorities who are racing against time to prevent pollution from spreading further. Although the spill is relatively small, covering an area of approximately seventy...

Scientists have uncovered an alarming increase in plastic pollution in oceans, estimating that more than 170 trillion plastic particles are currently afloat in the world's waters. The research published by the 5 Gyres Institute in the journal Plos One,...

In the past two months, Apple, Google, and Samsung have all launched their newest devices with the hope of getting consumers to upgrade ahead of the winter holidays. However, the companies and their clients may also be adding to...

According to experts, explosions in the Nord Stream pipelines that run from Russia to Europe could lead to extraordinary damage to the environment due to leakage of natural gas found on the surface of the Baltic Sea. Methane, a greenhouse...

Athens' air quality ranks 227th of 343 European cities in a new report by the European Environment Agency. The air pollution in Greece's capital, which officials have grappled with for decades, is considered "moderate" according to data standards. The report...

People in over 150 countries are coming together to participate in environmentally themed events to celebrate World Environment Day.

An enzyme variant created by engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can break down plastic that typically takes centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days. This discovery, published in Nature, could help...

A recent study has found that chemicals in sunscreens may be damaging vital seagrass ecosystems in the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceania has been particularly impacted by the chemicals, the study, which was published in the "Marine Pollution...

The crucial UN climate change summit (COP26) got under way in Glasgow, UK on Sunday as President Alok Sharma says the summit is the world's "last, best hope" to keep global warming limited to 1.5 C by 2100. Currently, the...

The environmental group All for Blue, active for 10 years, has removed 32 tons of waste from the Greek islands since 2018.