World Wetlands Day: Fostering global biodiversity and mitigating climate change
Interactive story maps illustrate valuable contributions Maritime salt marshes make to our planetCredit: Photo credit: O. Lucanus Though they make ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Physics of giant bubbles bursts secret of fluid mechanics
Credit: Burton Lab, Emory University A study inspired by street performers making gigantic soap bubbles led to a discovery in ...
Emerging organic contaminant levels greatly influenced by stream flows, seasons
Credit: Heather Preisendanz, Penn State Flow rates and time of year must be taken into account to better understand the ...
Butt emissions: Study finds even extinguished cigarettes give off toxins
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Cigarette butts pile up in parks, beaches, streets and bus stops, places where all types of littering ...
Microplastics from ocean fishing can ‘hide’ in deep sediments
Credit: Yinghui Wang Microplastic pollution in the world's oceans is a growing problem, and most studies of the issue have ...
19th-century bee cells in a Panamanian cathedral shed light on human impact on ecosystems
Credit: Paola Galgani-Barraza Despite being "neotropical-forest-loving creatures," some orchid bees are known to tolerate habitats disturbed by human activity. However, ...
Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
'Green' process promises pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic and other materialsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. ...
United Nations award goes to company born out of university pollution project
An energy start-up in India, formed out of an Aston University scheme, has won a prestigious United Nations' award for ...
New portable tool analyzes microbes in the environment
Device could be used to find threats to ecosystemsCredit: Jianye Sui Imagine a device that could swiftly analyze microbes in ...
Assessing risk of chemicals to wildlife is huge challenge that requires new approach
Computer modelling and long-term environmental monitoring will be essential, says review paper in ScienceCredit: Pixabay Computer modelling and long-term ecological ...
Making ‘lemonade’: Chance observation leads to study of microbial bloom formation
Credit: Rhys Probyn WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A scientific discovery often starts with a chance observation made by open minds ...
Acetone plus light creates a green jet fuel additive
New product creates fuel from biomass, while improving engine performanceCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., January 23, 2020--Take ...
Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures
Combined chemical and bioanalytical methods are able to efficiently characterize chemical mixturesCredit: Bodo Tiedemann Chemicals have improved our quality of ...
FSU Research: Despite less ozone pollution, not all plants benefit
Credit: Bruce Palmer / FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Breathe easy: Concentrations of ozone in the air have decreased ...
Helping roadside soils bounce back after construction
Credit: Jamie Luther Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can't ...
Air pollution in New York City linked to wildfires hundreds of miles away
Credit: Stefan Doerr via Immageo, CC BY-ND 3.0 A new study shows that air pollutants from the smoke of fires ...
Platypus on brink of extinction
Credit: UNSW Science Australia's devastating drought is having a critical impact on the iconic platypus, a globally unique mammal, with ...
Study verifies a missing piece to urban air quality puzzle
Credit: CMU College of Engineering Despite the prominent health threat posed by fine particulate pollution, fundamental aspects of its formation ...
New study examines mortality costs of air pollution in US
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A team of University of Illinois researchers estimated the mortality costs ...
New exhaust gas measurement registers ultrafine pollutant particles for the first time
Credit: © Bainschab A few days ago, the European Commission presented its Green Deal, which aims to make the EU ...