Low risk of researchers passing coronavirus to North American bats
USGS risk assessment examined likelihood of transmission during winter research seasonCredit: USGS The risk is low that scientists could pass ...
Tag: Environmental Health
Study reveals large and unequal health burden from air pollution in California’s Bay Area
Results underscore need for urgent action to reduce air pollution, particularly in overburdened areasCredit: Getty Images WASHINGTON (March 31, 2021)-- ...
Leipizig University joins new DFG Priority Program on the fluvial anthroposphere
Collaboration between Leipzig University, the University of Tübingen and the Technical University of DarmstadtCredit: Christoph Zielhofer, Leipzig University Floodplains are ...
UMD study suggests supporting Indonesian women in conservation supports biodiversity
Researchers explore the motivations and challenges of Indonesian women in conservation sciencesCredit: Erin Poor, University of Maryland In a new ...
Factors that may predict next pandemic
Climate change associated with emerging disease spreadCredit: Singh et al. Humans are creating or exacerbating the environmental conditions that could ...
‘Bottom-up’ approach needed to study freshwater blooms
A national research team urges more complete study of harmful cyanobacteriaCredit: Midge Eliassen HANOVER, N.H. - March 30, 2021 - ...
How AI beats spreadsheets in modelling future volumes for city waste management
Credit: Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg Growing cities tend to run out of land for waste management and new ...
Deadly heat waves will be common in South Asia, even at 1.5 degrees of warming
People living in South Asia already experience potentially deadly heat waves, but these events will likely become more commonplace in ...
Dangerous landfill pollutants ranked in order of toxicity by MU researchers
In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, University of Missouri researchers developed a system to prioritize most toxic pollutants.Credit: Missouri ...
Children exposed to tobacco smoke use more emergent health services
UC study: Childhood illness from tobacco smoke exposure drives up health care visits and costsCredit: University of Cincinnati Tobacco smoke-exposed ...
With drop in LA’s vehicular aerosol pollution, vegetation emerges as major source
Plants that emit lots of isoprenes may be causing unhealthful aerosol levels during heat wavesCredit: UC Berkeley graphics by Clara ...
Electronic nose sniffs out free radicals
Collaboration works on nanosensors to detect atmospheric pollutantsCredit: G. Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Smog?uselang=de#/media/File:Ciel_du_Havre_04.JPG) An international project involving researchers at ...
Scientists created edible food films for food packaging
Films consist of natural ingredients, they are healthy-safe and water-solubilityCredit: UrFU / Andrey Fomin. An international group of scientists from ...
New book covers fragile status of the genetic diversity of our food
A new global evaluation of the conservation of plant genetic resources is published as nations discuss new biodiversity conservation targets ...