Why are whales eating plastic bags? They may 'sound' like dinner. The world's plastic pollution crisis, explained The world's plastic pollution crisis, explained Dragonflies can reveal mercury ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic ... safe drinking water. —RS Lead makes headlines, but it’s not the half of it. The more we look for pollution, the more ...

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Three art students collected water from a hundred sites around Taiwan and then froze it into blocks.

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... from the air we breathe to both the tap and bottled water we drink, the food we eat, and the clothing we ...

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... and the Mayflower had been stocked with bottled water and plastic-wrapped snacks—their plastic trash would ...

Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Invest in a refillable water bottle. Some come with filters if you’re worried about water quality.

His photographs reveal the variety of water-borne trash ... builds these assemblages to illustrate the extent of marine pollution. He keeps trash in his studio for months—sometimes years ...

This story is part of a special National Geographic News series on ... from the surrounding city remains a problem for water quality. In 1961, pollution seeped into the stream, leading to the ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. From India to Bolivia, it was always the women who knew exactly how much water their family needed. When photographer ...

Poor air and water quality, insufficient water availability ... Involve local community in local government. Reduce air pollution by upgrading energy use and alternative transport systems.