Tag: Pollution/Remediation

Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research shows. Phthalates are a group ...

Postdoctoral Researcher Outi Keinänen from the University of Helsinki developed a method to radiolabel plastic particles in order to observe ...

One of the smallest and most threatened dolphin species worldwide The concentration of potentially toxic metals is increasing in the ...

Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Earth's atmosphere has a budget, and when expenses outpace savings, secondary aerosols form in areas ...

UTA student teams take first place, honorable mention in EPA competition Student teams from The University of Texas at Arlington ...

The Fenton reaction is a chemical transition involving hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the ferrous (iron) ion, which acts as a ...

The University of the Basque Country-UPV/EHU is researching mortars and concrete manufactured from industrial by-products, within the circular economy approach ...

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon categorizes innovative solutions for fighting pollution in the oceans Plastic bottles drifting in the sea; bags in the ...

A new study reports that birds across the continental US tend to avoid backyard feeders in louder areas; when light ...

Study from Thuringia shows: 50% of the soot that is harmful to health comes from local sources and 50% from ...

Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products. The researchers, from ...

Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c04559 Small pieces of plastic are everywhere, stretching from urban ...

Remediation technology reduces uranium levels ten-thousandfold at legacy site in Colorado ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A team of researchers from Sandia, ...

Foreseen drop in 2020 sales-related e-waste: 4.9 million metric tonnes or ~6.4%; Pandemic intensified digital divide between high, middle and ...

The bad odors produced by the Waste Water Treatment Plants, known as WWTPs, have become a growing concern in the ...

Rice lab creates spongelike materials for environmental remediation and more HOUSTON - (June 8, 2021) - A simple chemical process ...

"The big mystery about plankton is what controls its distribution and abundance, and what conditions lead to big plankton blooms," ...

Seek public comment on global youth crowd-sourced ocean policy framework to balance ocean, human, climate, and economic health Concerned youths ...

BU scientists are investigating how environmental molecules can be used to engineer 'designer' microbiomes for combating disease, pollution, and more ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Plastics are everywhere. From cell phones to pens and cars to medical devices, the modern world ...