Towards climate resilient urban energy systems
Credit: ©Science China Press Climate change and increased urban population are two major concerns for society. Moving towards more sustainable ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Boron nitride destroys PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals PFOA, GenX
Pollutant-destroying properties surprise Rice engineer: 'It's not supposed to work'Credit: Image courtesy of M. Wong/Rice University HOUSTON -- (July 7, ...
Atmospheric turbulence affects new particle formation: Common finding on three continents
Credit: ©Science China Press New particle formation (NPF) is a key process for haze formation, leading to the deterioration of ...
For cleaner air, water, and soil
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The air around us is still getting more and more polluted. No wonder many scientists ...
A chemical cocktail of air pollution in Beijing, China during COVID-19 outbreak
Credit: Hao Li The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads rapidly around the world, and has limited people's outdoor activities substantially. ...
New study sparks fresh call for seagrass preservation
An increase in carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 5 million cars a year has been caused by the loss of ...
Microplastic pollution harms lobster larvae, study finds
Microplastic fibers in the ocean impact larval lobsters at each stage of their developmentCredit: Madelyn Woods Microplastic fiber pollution in ...
Toxic air pollution nanoparticles found in heart cell ‘powerhouses’ of city dwellers
Toxic metallic air pollution nanoparticles are getting inside the crucial, energy-producing structures within the hearts of people living in polluted ...
Long-term consequences of river damming in the Panama Canal
Credit: Ian Cooke/Cooked Illustrations Humans have manipulated and managed rivers with dams for millennia. The number of river dam projects ...
Harmful microbes found on sewer pipe walls
Rutgers study could lead to better disinfection methods and understanding of coronavirus and other risksCredit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Can ...
Global threats: How lessons from COVID-19 can prevent environmental meltdown
Credit: Open Source Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of Covid-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until ...
In the Arctic, spring snowmelt triggers fresh CO2 production
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world and snowmelt is speeding it up with rapid soil ...
Light pollution gives invasive cane toads a belly full of grub
Credit: Hirotaka Komine/ TUAT Light pollution is increasingly being recognized as yet another of humanity's many impacts on the rest ...
Understanding molecular mechanisms of air pollution’s impact on ILD critical
Credit: ATS July 1, 2020--More research must be done to investigate the role of air pollution on the epigenome in ...
Microplastic pollution accumulates heavily in coastal areas such as fjords and estuaries
Credit: Peter T. Harris, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111398 Microplastic pollution in marine environments is concentrated most highly in coastal habitats, especially fjords and ...
Study finds that plastic recycling from europe being dumped in Asian waters
Up to 31% of plastic exported for recycling not recycled at allCredit: Shutterstock/NUI Galway New research from NUI Galway and ...
Anammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
Credit: © 2020 KAUST A type of anaerobic bacteria responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen loss from marine ...
Agricultural fires in central Africa light up in Suomi NPP satellite image
Credit: NASA image courtesy Worldview Earth Data operated by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information System ...
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite analyzes Saharan dust aerosol blanket
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA, Colin Seftor Dust storms from Africa's Saharan Desert traveling across the Atlantic Ocean are nothing new, but ...
Ancient Maya reservoirs contained toxic pollution
Mercury, algae made water undrinkable in heart of cityCredit: David Lentz/UC Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city ...