Microplastics in shrimp harmless to animal health and no effects on consumption quality
Credit: Credits: SEAaq/UAB A research team from the SEAaq group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona conducted analyses to determine ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Everything you ever wanted to know about leech sex but were afraid to ask
Credit: Karen Kidd Today, we pull the veil back on the secret sex lives of leeches and how researchers at ...
Florida harmful algal blooms produce multiple toxins detrimental to human health
Cyanobacterial blooms released downstream from Lake Okeechobee coincided with red tides placing Florida's west coast in a toxic viceCredit: Paul ...
NASA analyzes new eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical Depression 7E
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL The seventh tropical depression of the Eastern Pacific Ocean has formed. NASA's Terra satellite used infrared light ...
Better wastewater treatment? It’s a wrap
Rice's trap-and-zap strategy for antibiotic resistant bugs becomes wrap, trap and zapCredit: Alvarez Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 20, ...
Cell death in porpoises caused by environmental pollutants
Cells isolated from a stranded dead porpoise predict the threat of pollutants to the porpoise population in the wild.Credit: Reprinted ...
A new species of darkling beetle larvae that degrade plastic
Credit: Hyung Joon Cha (POSTECH) There floats an enormous plastic garbage island in the North Pacific that is seven times ...
Geoengineering is just a partial solution to fight climate change
The technology's regional impacts depend on how much greenhouse gas emissions are reducedCredit: AGU/Brian West Could we create massive sulfuric ...
Pesticides speed the spread of deadly waterborne pathogens
UC Berkeley researchers show how agricultural chemicals can increase transmission of the schistosome parasiteCredit: Planetary Health Alliance photo by Hillary ...
Antarctica more widely impacted by humans than previously thought
Only 16% of the continent's Important Bird Areas are located within negligibly impacted areasCredit: Steven Chown Antarctica is considered one ...
Climate-friendly Cooling Could Cut Years of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Save US$ Trillions: UN
As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement goals; ...
Industry-made pits are beneficial for beavers and wolverines, study shows
In Northern Alberta, pits created by industry activity may support beavers and subsequently wolverinesCredit: A. Colton. Beavers and wolverines in ...
Fish reef domes a boon for environment, recreational fishing
Credit: UNSW Science In a boost for both recreational fishing and the environment, new UNSW research shows that artificial reefs ...
Pesticide mixtures a bigger problem than previously thought
Credit: The University of Queensland New research led by The University of Queensland has provided the first comprehensive analysis of ...
Lasers etch an efficient way to address global water crisis
Credit: H.M. Cao/University of Rochester Lasers etch a simple way to address global water crisis Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people ...
Bird droppings carry risk of antibiotic resistance
Rice engineers show feces from gulls, ducks and crows harbor abundant resistant bacteria, resistance genesCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (July ...
Research: Crop plants are taking up microplastics
Credit: YIC Microplastics (MPs), i.e., tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can now be found throughout the ...
Lead fallout from Notre Dame fire was likely overlooked
A ton of lead dust may have been deposited near the cathedralCredit: Interactive map by Jeremy Hinsdale/Earth Institute. Photos by ...
Scientists urge caution, further assessment of ecological impacts above deep sea mining
Credit: Drazen, et al. (2020). Interest in deep-sea mining for copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese and other valuable metals has grown ...
Using electricity to break down pollutants left over after wastewater treatment
A team at the INRS tested an advanced electro-oxidation processCredit: Jean-Daniel Bourgault (INRS) Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are ...