Tag: Pollution/Remediation

Credit: Kostadine Luchansky A new to science species of tarantula with a peculiar horn-like protuberance sticking out of its back ...

Credit: Daniel Muñoz of Sacyr Industrial. Extreme weather events, water shortages, and other consequences of climate change have challenged--and compromised--energy ...

Credit: Rainer Breitling Spiders are one of the most successful groups of 'invaders' on the planet. Out of over 47,000 ...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The trucks and trains that transport goods across the United States ...

Our species has 'disproportionate effect' on others, scientists sayCredit: ESF Humans have a "disproportionately huge effect" on the other species ...

Light pollution affects the skies over most of the world's key wildlife areas, new research shows. The study, by the ...

Canada and Russia have the most to lose or gain, say researchersCredit: UBC Okanagan According to a group of international ...

Complex blends and bioadditives are called 'LSF'Credit: @SamaraPolytech The highly efficient biotechnological complex "LSF" ("Living Source of Fertility") starts the ...

Chemical conversion process developed at Purdue could transform polyolefin wasteCredit: (Purdue Research Foundation/Vincent Walter) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The United ...

About 8 million metric tons of plastic waste winds up in the oceans every year -- bottles, bags and doo-dads ...

This common ingredient in drywall can increase yields, improve soilCredit: Warren Dick Warren Dick has worked with gypsum for more ...

Climate change is warming the ocean, but it's warming land faster and that's really bad news for air quality Climate ...

Many countries have passed environmental laws to preserve natural ecosystems. Although the regulations seem to have improved preservation efforts, they ...

Credit: KIT NCER The Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT·Chief Dr. Song, Chang-woo) National Center for Efficacy Evaluation of Respiratory Disease ...

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 31-- The Harvard Museum of Natural History announces the ...

Credit: O roxo, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Carbon dioxide emissions from fuel burnt by fishing boats are 30 per cent ...

Exposure to air pollution, particularly at school, could be associated with a higher risk of overweight and obesity during childhood. ...

Credit: Frazer Hodgkins & CSIP Microplastics have been found in the guts of every marine mammal examined in a new ...

At least 140 million people in 50 countries have been drinking water containing arsenic at levels above the World Health ...

Scientists are a step closer to understanding what controls fine particulate matter in the Earth's atmosphere after identifying new linkages ...