Environmental disasters can be a company’s worst nightmare come alive—not only because of the profound ecological impact, but also due to the instant public scrutiny these incidents attract. A poorly ...

Researchers found that mining waste from the 2015 Mariana dam disaster persists in soil and water, entering local crops — indicating ongoing contamination. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist ...

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A stricken Russian shadow fleet tanker adrift in the Mediterranean could cause a “disaster of unprecedented proportions”, ...

The world has faced environmental disasters that left scars on human health, wildlife, and ecosystems, many of which were hidden, ignored, or downplayed by those responsible. From toxic waste buried ...

The Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research is an interdisciplinary research center in which environmental engineers, environmental health scientists, philosophers, and other groups work ...

Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war ...

Fears are mounting of a potential environmental disaster off the coast of Britain after a cargo ship smashed into an oil ...

In 2015, the Fundão tailings dam, an embankment built to store byproducts of iron mining, collapsed in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The collapse caused what many call the "worst environmental disaster" in ...