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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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