Tag: Pollution/Remediation

Credit: Prof Jon Blount Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research shows. ...

Credit: Outi Keinänen et al. Postdoctoral Researcher Outi Keinänen from the University of Helsinki developed a method to radiolabel plastic ...

One of the smallest and most threatened dolphin species worldwideCredit: Massimiliano Drago, UB-IRBio The concentration of potentially toxic metals is ...

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 competitionCredit: UT Arlington Student teams from The University of Texas ...

Credit: Yu Wang The Fenton reaction is a chemical transition involving hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and the ferrous (iron) ion, which ...

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

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon categorizes innovative solutions for fighting pollution in the oceansCredit: Photo: Brian Yurasits via Unsplash Plastic bottles drifting in ...

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 ...

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

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 ColoradoCredit: Graphic by Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A ...

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

Credit: SNIFFDRONE, ATTRACT initiative (GA 777222, Horizon 2020). The bad odors produced by the Waste Water Treatment Plants, known as ...

Rice lab creates spongelike materials for environmental remediation and moreCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 8, 2021) - A ...

Credit: Dan Brinkhuis, ScienceMedia.nl "The big mystery about plankton is what controls its distribution and abundance, and what conditions lead ...

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

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

Credit: Semester in Environmental Science (SES)/MBL WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Plastics are everywhere. From cell phones to pens and cars ...