Significant cancer rates in California sea lions has major human health implications
Credit: Bill Hunnewell © The Marine Mammal Center Scientists at The Marine Mammal Center - the world's largest marine mammal ...
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Coral decline — is sunscreen a scapegoat?
Credit: Louise Carroll Many household products contain ingredients to protect them against sun damage. These UV filters are found in ...
Study links intensive BP lowering to reduced CV risk in patients exposed to air pollution
Article from University Hospitals researchers published in the journal HypertensionCredit: University Hospitals CLEVELAND - Evidence suggests particulate matter is the ...
Failed storage tanks pose atmospheric risks during disasters
Rice study models how spilled chemicals likely spread during Ike, HarveyCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 1, 2021) - When ...
Physicists have developed new material for water desalination
Credit: FEFU press office Titanium dioxide nanoparticles decorated by gold absorb about 96% of the solar spectrum and turn it ...
Are plastics and microplastics in the Ocean on the increase?
The answer might not be so straightforwardCredit: Prof. Alan Deidun That is the question that Prof. Alan Deidun, resident academic ...
Algorithm for algal rhythms
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith An atlas of harmful algal blooms across the Red Sea reveals their link with ...
Wellbeing benefits of wetlands
Study measures high value of natural coastal assetsCredit: Professor Sabine Dittmann, Flinders University Australians love their beaches, and now a ...
Local emissions amplify regional haze and particle growth
Credit: Yele Sun New particle formation (NPF) is a major source of aerosol particles in the global atmosphere. In polluted ...
Synthesizing valuable chemicals from contaminated soil
Researchers of Mainz University use electrolysis to produce dichloro and dibromo compounds in a safer and more environmentally friendly manner; ...
New catalyst moves seawater desalination, hydrogen production closer to commercialization
Fast, one-step assembly at room temperature yields high efficiency at low costCredit: University of Houston Seawater makes up about 96% ...
Light pollution linked to preterm births, reduced birth weights
University of Colorado Denver researcher finds nighttime brightness linked to 13% increase in preterm birth likelihoodCredit: UNSPLASH.COM In a first-of-its-kind ...
New NCAR-Wyoming supercomputer to accelerate scientific discovery
New system will advance nation's understanding of geosciencesCredit: Image by Matthias Rempel, ©University Corporation for Atmospheric Research The National Center ...
Tungsten-substituted vanadium oxide breathes fresh air into catalyst technology
New air purifier catalyst keeps working in "wet" conditionsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University ...
How did Florida fail to respond to a coral disease epizootic and what’s to follow?
Credit: William Precht By 2020, massive losses of large populations of corals have been observed throughout Florida and into the ...
Princeton team advances new route to chemically recyclable plastics
New polybutadiene molecule enchains in squares, a microstructure that enables it to depolymerize under certain conditions, advancing options for closed-loop ...
Dramatic increase in microplastics in seagrass soil since the 1970s
Credit: Photo: Miguel Ángel Mateo, Diego Moreno Large-scale production of vegetables and fruit in Spain with intensive plastic consumption in ...
Efficient solid-state depolymerization of waste PET
The latest study was ranked among the top five percent publications in the field, thus earning a VIP status, and ...
Ageing dams pose growing threat: UN
By 2050, most of humanity will live downstream of large dams built in the 20th century; Increasingly expensive to maintain, ...
Stanford: forecasting coastal water quality
Stanford researchers develop a new way to forecast beach water qualityCredit: Meghan Shea Less than two days of water quality ...