Using silicone wristbands to measure air quality
A Texas A&M study found that these inexpensive, convenient devices can measure exposure to a class of chemicals that can ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
California’s carbon mitigation efforts may be thwarted by climate change itself
UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem's role in removing atmospheric CO2Credit: Shane Coffield / UCI Irvine, Calif., July 22, ...
New study reports strong indications of freshened groundwater offshore the Maltese Islands
Study is a product of the MARCAN project, led by the University of MaltaCredit: Prof. Aaron Micallef An international team ...
Visualizing a city’s energy use
Pitt civil engineers use Pittsburgh to create energy usage model in commercial buildingsCredit: Bilec Built Environment and Sustainable Engineering Group ...
Land repair vital for survival
Successful dryland restoration to benefit 2bn peopleCredit: Flinders University Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, ...
Scientists come up with new method for simultaneous processing of different types of waste
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS An international research team has come up with an innovative method for metal recovery from industrial ...
Who eats the invaders?
Landmark scientific study published by Frontiers in Marine Science journalCredit: Prof. Alan Deidun A landmark scientific study involving marine biologists ...
Deep-sea research bolstered with $2 million grant
Credit: Photo courtesy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has been awarded $2 million by the ...
Crime scene tape set to revolutionize microplastics research
Forensic scientists have developed a new method to help monitor plastic pollution across the world.Credit: Staffordshire University An adhesive tape ...
Save Our Seas Foundation announces a record 61 grants for 2021
The Save our Seas Foundation is celebrating an overwhelming number of applications and awards. This heralds a hopeful new cohort ...
The climate impact of wild pigs greater than a million cars
Credit: The University of Queensland By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes ...
Study shows that electronic air cleaning technology can generate unintended pollutants
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology As the Covid-19 pandemic raged, news reports show that sales of electronic air cleaners have ...
Wildfire smoke exposure linked to increased risk of contracting COVID-19
New study finds a 17.7 percent rise in COVID-19 cases after a prolonged 2020 wildfire smoke event in Reno, Nev.Credit: ...
Detecting wildlife illness and death with new early alert system
Network of wildlife rehabilitation organizations helps track emerging threatsCredit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis From domoic acid poisoning in seabirds to canine ...
How does exhaled heated tobacco aerosol behave in the air?
Considerable research informs the dynamics of exhaled e-cigarette aerosols, but how much do we know about the same processes for ...
Project Air View maps ultrafine particles, soot and other substances in Amsterdam air
Credit: Google Maps & Utrecht University Over the past two years, the municipality of Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Google have ...
Study shows forests play greater role in depositing toxic mercury across the globe
UMass Lowell-led research conducted in Mass., MaineCredit: Photo courtesy of Daniel Obrist. LOWELL, Mass. - Researchers led by a UMass ...
$1.4 million grant increases coverage of Mississippi River Basin
Walton Family Foundation grant will create the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, covering agriculture, water and environmental issues ...
More EVs could reduce CO2 emissions in Hawaii by 93% in less than 30 years
Credit: Plug'n Drive (derivative work: Mariordo), CC-by-SA-2.0 By 2050, faster adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and faster generation of renewable ...
Schools in Barcelona create a map of the city’s air pollution thanks to citizen science
Credit: Perelló, J. et al. (2021) A study led by University of Barcelona researchers and carried out together with more ...