Bleach-alternative COVID-19 surface disinfectants may pollute indoor air: USask research
Credit: Trevor VandenBoer Cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants has the potential to pollute the air and pose a health ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Scientists warn of the social and environmental risks tied to the energy transition
A new international study by the ICTA-UAB and the McGill University (Canada) maps resistance movements' associated with green energy and ...
Air pollution spikes linked to lower test scores for Salt Lake County third graders
Credit: Mullen at al. (2020) Int. Journal of Enviro Res and Public Health Fine particulate matter (PM2.5), the tiny particles ...
Using a soft crystal to visualize how absorbed carbon dioxide behaves in liquid
Credit: Shin-ichiro Noro A team of scientists has succeeded in visualizing how carbon dioxide (CO2) behaves in an ionic liquid ...
NSF awards ou faculty member $2 million research and innovation grant
Young researcher to explore advancement of polymer recycling technologies in hopes of sending less multi-layer plastics to landfillsCredit: OU Photographer ...
Animal-free method predicts nanoparticle toxicity for safer industrial materials
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München Our lungs are exposed to a multitude of hazardous airborne particles on a daily basis. Nanoparticles, ...
IOP Publishing unveils new open access environmental journal series
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability is the first of a new series of OA titles building on IOPP's established environmental ...
What does East Germany’s rise and fall have to do with pigs? A lot, actually
The communist state's approach to industrial pig farming foreshadowed its demise, a University of Rochester historian arguesCredit: University of Washington ...
From lab to industry? Ideally ordered porous titania films, made at scale
High-throughput double anodization to make ordered titania through-hole membranesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University ...
Microplastics in the death zone
Scientists find plastic fibres in snow samples from Mount EverestCredit: Baker Perry, National Geographic Scientists have identified the highest recorded ...
Study confirms contribution of bioenergy to climate change mitigation
Across-border team of researchers refute arguments that carbon debt, opportunity cost and indirect land-use change prevent greenhouse gas mitigation by ...
New semiconductor coating may pave way for future green fuels
Credit: Sascha Ott Hydrogen gas and methanol for fuel cells or as raw materials for the chemicals industry, for example, ...
Microbial remedies target chemical threats in the environment
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Across America, hazardous waste sites pose an ongoing threat to human and ...
Reducing aerosol pollution without cutting carbon dioxide could make the planet hotter
Solving one environmental problem could create anotherCredit: R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Science/USGCRP Humans must reduce carbon dioxide and aerosol ...
UTA partners with NCTCOG to generate energy from food waste found in landfills
Project converts food waste into energyCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington environmental engineering professor is helping the ...
Oil-eating worms provide valuable assistance in soil remediation
Bionanotechnology Lab of Kazan Federal University works on adapting nematodes to consuming oil wasteCredit: Kazan Federal University Bionanotechnology Lab of ...
Urban air pollution estimates may overshadow full picture for China
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences For the first time, researchers have compared air pollution in urban and suburban areas across ...
Metal pollution in British waters may be threatening scallops, study reveals
Metal pollution from historic mining appears to be weakening scallop shells and threatening marine ecosystems in an area off the ...
The burning question of Bonfire Night pollution
Credit: Michael Adams Bonfire Night celebrations contaminate our air with hugely elevated amounts of soot, scientists have found. Researchers from ...
Turning up the heat on molten salt valves
$2.5 million DOE grant to advance critical component for concentrating solar powerCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia ...