Industrial-strength brine, meet your kryptonite
Boron nitride coating is key ingredient in hypersaline desalination technologyCredit: Kuichang Zuo/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 3, 2020) - A ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
What’s for dinner? Dolphin diet study
Ecology of NZ Hauraki Gulf shows signs of strainCredit: Cetacean Ecology Research Group (CERG), Massey University More evidence has emerged ...
Flying through wildfire smoke plumes could improve smoke forecasts
Credit: Brett Palm/University of Washington Wildfires burning in the West affect not only the areas burned, but the wider regions ...
To predict how crops cope with changing climate, 30 years of experiments simulate future
Credit: University of Illinois Five years ago, the United Nations committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger ...
Analyzing biological and chemical damage on 20th-century construction materials
The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has used spectroscopy to explore how the environment impacts on the degradation of new ...
Prize for ‘clean earth technologies’
National science prize for polymers made from wasteCredit: Flinders University Flinders University Associate Professor Justin Chalker has won the Prize ...
Streetlights contribute less to nighttime light emissions in cities than expected
The combination of smart city lighting and satellite imagery allows measurements of the contribution of street lights to urban lighting ...
Decadeslong effort revives ancient oak woodland
Credit: Photo by Stephen Packard CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Vestal Grove in the Somme Prairie Grove forest preserve in Cook County, ...
Copolymer helps remove pervasive PFAS toxins from environment
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have demonstrated that they can attract, capture and destroy PFAS ...
International team tracks record-setting smoke cloud from Australian wildfires
Credit: Submitted/USask SASKATOON - Researchers with the University of Saskatchewan's Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies are part of a ...
Reduction by reduction: Novel approach to mitigating chromium contamination in wastewater
Scientists report a novel method based on the chemical reaction 'reduction,' which can help in efficient control of chromium toxicity ...
U-SARAH live will reduce congestion and pollutant emissions of road traffic
Start of the project funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport to optimize traffic management systems on freewaysCredit: (Photo: Hessen ...
Endangered trees in Guam contribute to ecosystem diversity and health
Credit: University of Guam Research at the University of Guam has shown that the decomposition of leaf litter from three ...
Study estimates exposure to air pollution increases COVID-19 deaths by 15% worldwide
Credit: European Heart Journal Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to an increased risk of dying from COVID-19 ...
Land management in forest and grasslands: How much can we intensify?
A first assessment of the effects of land management on the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem servicesCredit: Pete ...
Fish exposed to even small amounts of estrogen produce fewer males
UC biologist is studying water quality downstream of sewage treatment plantsCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Water tainted with even a small ...
NIH awards $465K to George Mason to study fetal environmental exposures, racial disparities
Study will examine how gestational exposure to endocrine disruptors affects fetal outcomes for African Americans and white obstetrical populationsCredit: Michelle ...
Legacy pollutants found in migratory terns in Great Lakes region
A study concludes that PCBs, PBDEs and metabolites of DDT threaten the terns throughout their lives, from the moment they ...
Removal of synthetic estrogen from water
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 20, 2020--Synthetic estrogens from pharmaceuticals contaminate rivers and threaten the ...
SwRI researchers evaluate impact of wastewater systems on Edwards Aquifer
Study supports City of San Antonio's aquifer protection effortsCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 20, 2020 -- Southwest Research Institute ...