Rutgers' research reveals the widespread presence of mercury pollution in Earth’s polar regions. In 1962, environmentalist ...

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Her scientific perspective about the effect of pesticides on the natural world sparked ...

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When Rachel Carson's Silent Spring was published in 1962, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and E. B. White of the New Yorker both compared the impact of the book to that of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Earth Day, founded in 1970, was intended at that time to educate the public to growing environmental issues. Rachel Carson’s ...

Earth Day, born from a growing environmental awareness sparked by Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring,' unites over a billion ...

For researchers, penguins are more than charismatic wildlife – they are living indicators of global pollution including that ...