Tag: Pollution/Remediation

Converting low-profit land brings big returnsCredit: Lynn Betts Modern agriculture's large monoculture fields grow a lot of corn and soybeans, ...

Chinese regulations on coal mining have not curbed the nation's growing methane emissions over the past five years as intendedCredit: ...

Microplastics potentially threatens future survival of mollusc -- new studyCredit: Photograph by Dr Dannielle Green, Anglia Ruskin University A new ...

Scientists say it's the foodCredit: A. Friedlaender; NMFS permit #14534 MOSS LANDING, CA - Using data from underwater robots, scientists ...

Credit: João Trovão To be listed as UNESCO World Heritage requires special care and protection of valuable cultural monuments and ...

Antibiotic-Resistant Genes (ARGs) that were first detected in urban India have been found 8,000 miles away in one of the ...

Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Microplastics contaminate the world's surface waters, yet scientists have only just begun ...

Joint report: Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution show huge potential and could lead to "dematerialization", better product tracking, take-back ...

Lead exposure in childhood appears to have long-lasting negative effects on mental health and personality in adulthoodCredit: Adapted from JAMA ...

Mockingbirds exposed to sub-lethal levels of lead in urban areas display significantly heightened aggression, said Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at ...

Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Land conservation programs that have converted tens of thousands ...

Telling similar animals apart challenges even the expertsCredit: James Gagnon Two UBC Okanagan biologists, who have publicly solicited images of ...

Most consumers' exposure to toxic methylmercury occurs when they eat fish. But research just published in the ACS journal Environmental ...

Credit: N. Isendahl While coral reefs worldwide are suffering severe damage due to global warming and ocean acidification, there is ...

Experts in UK and South Asia link up for government-backed research projectCredit: Mark Sutton The UK Government today (January 22) ...

Tree changes in the Midwest and Eastern US will lead to more atmospheric chemicals that cause air pollution and respiratory ...

Credit: D. Caballero, M. Bevilacqua and J.M. Amigo If we are ever to reduce the quantity of plastics being dumped ...

Physicists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University developed and applied a method of identifying microplastic collected in sea waters.Credit: Courtesy ...

Tool finds the best solutions for specific spill scenarios SAN ANTONIO -- January 21, 2019 -- A team of Southwest ...

Green issues appear to mobilize GOP when it's out of officeCredit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash.--Erik Johnson has what looks ...