Wildfire environmental disputes—like contamination and erosion—are complex and involve many stakeholders. Mediation is ...

As described in Chapter 4, risk assessment is an important analytic tool used to evaluate the effects of environmental stressors on ecosystem and human health. This tool has been applied over the past ...

The combined emissions of metals and other environmentally hazardous substances from ships is putting the marine environment at risk according to a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, ...

A new scientific perspective suggests that large language models, the artificial intelligence systems behind tools such as modern chatbots, could revolutionize how scientists evaluate environmental ...

A committee of the National Research Council (NRC) will conduct a two-part study to assess and advance current approaches to toxicity testing and assessment to meet regulatory data needs. In the first ...

The causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – was first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. To date, the virus ...

Risk assessment is the process of identifying hazards that could negatively affect an organization's ability to conduct business. These assessments help identify inherent business risks and prompt ...

A new report warns that containers lost from the Singapore-flagged Wan Hai 503 off the Kerala coast could cause future shoreline pollution as packaging degrades over the coming decades.