NASA, NOAA analyses reveal 2019 second warmest year on record
Credit: NASA GISS/Gavin Schmidt According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth's global ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Building materials come alive with help from bacteria
Credit: CU Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to ...
From smoke going round the world to aerosol levels, NASA observes Australia’s bushfires
Credit: Credits: NASA/Colin Seftor NASA scientists using data from its NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, has traced the movement of the ...
Clothes last longer and shed fewer microfibers in quicker, cooler washing cycles
First research into impact of wash cycle times shows benefits of shorter, cooler washesCredit: University of Leeds/P&G Those nice new ...
Arabian Peninsula a trap for summer dust
Credit: © NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response team Intense winds blowing from Africa through a mountainous gap ...
Trace Metals in Leatherback Turtle Eggs May Harm Consumers
Credit: Argelis Ruíz Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs laid in Bocas del Toro nesting beaches in the Panamanian Caribbean may ...
Global warming is the kindling that caused extensive wildfire
Credit: Jong-Seong Kug (POSTECH) In November of last year, the wildfire that started in California, U.S.A burned areas that amount ...
‘Resurrection ecology’ of 600-year-old water fleas used to understand pollution adaptation
Recent highlights from the journal Molecular Biology and EvolutionCredit: Dagmar Frisch One of the leading threats to lakes since the ...
Study: How US sewage plants can remove medicines from wastewater
New research shows that technologies are available, but the upgrades can be expensiveCredit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki Stanford, CA-- Corals depend ...
Kangaroo Island shows burn scars on one third of the land mass
Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite provided before and after imagery that showed the extent of the fires that have ...
Rural water wells in High Plains Aquifer show large increase in nitrate levels
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Private well owners should test water quality annually, according to a recent Kansas ...
Poplars genetically modified not to harm air quality grow as well as non-modified trees
Credit: Photo by T. Rosenstiel, Portland State University. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Field trials in the Northwest and Southwest show that ...
Shutdown of coal-fired plants in US saves lives and improves crop yields
Between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of cropsCredit: ...
Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery
Credit: Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) - Kees van Oers, Perro de Jong & Brechje van Beek It's no secret ...
Researchers use remote sensing to estimate nitrogen deposition in North China
Credit: Zhen Wang Northern China, a hotspot of air pollution, has always been an area of great interest to study ...
MDI Biological Laboratory to expand innovative data literacy program
Grant will support study of seasonal variations of arsenic in well waterJane E. Disney, Ph.D., is the leader of the ...
Sustainable supply of minerals and metals key to a low-carbon energy future
Credit: University of Sussex. The global low-carbon revolution could be at risk unless new international agreements and governance mechanisms are ...
Development of ultrathin durable membrane for efficient oil and water separation
Credit: Kobe University Researchers led by Professor MATSUYAMA Hideto and Professor YOSHIOKA Tomohisa at Kobe University's Research Center for Membrane ...
Untangling links between nitrogen oxides and airborne sulfates helps tackle hazy air pollution
Credit: Liu Guorui Dense, hazy fog episodes characterized by relatively high humidity, low visibility and extremely high PM2.5 have been ...
Book looks at how landscape design helps solve water issues
Landscape design research can help solve environmental problems related to water systemsCredit: Courtesy Mary Pat McGuire CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- North ...