Tag: Pollution/Remediation

Tel Aviv University report is first to assess presence of plastic additives in Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea marine life ...

Prolonged exposure to pollutant particles was shown to reduce the output of workers in ChinaCredit: National University of Singapore Economists ...

PM 2.5 pollution is falling but ground-level ozone pollution is on the rise In early 2013, the Chinese government declared ...

Nursery-grown plants can harbor fungicide-resistant strains of disease-causing pathogensCredit: Matteo Garbelotto, U.C. Berkeley photo In 2014, plant biologists with the ...

Credit: Caitlin Wessel Trash, particularly plastic, in the ocean and along the shoreline is an economic, environmental, human health, and ...

New sustainable biopolymer technology developed by Tel Aviv University researchers may one day free the world of its worst pollutant ...

Credit: Credit Wuxing Wan Pollutants from wild fires affect crop and vegetation growth hundreds of kilometres from impact zone, research ...

Credit: Xu Yue Fire is an important element of Earth system. Every year, global fires directly emit 2 Pg C ...

Credit: Paul Hames/California Department of Water Resources When hydropower runs low in a drought, western states tend to ramp up ...

Researchers from Leipzig cooperate with scientists from Punta Arenas (Chile) to learn more about the relationship between air pollution, clouds ...

Many of us view the year's end as a time for reflection, and chemists are no different. As we say ...

Our homes are supposed to be safe havens from the outside world. However, studies have shown that household air is ...

Study: Artificial light harms ecosystem health COLUMBUS, Ohio - Artificial light at night isn't just a health problem for those ...

Research focuses on improving predictive models for farmers, others Predicting and pinpointing which farming practices are most likely to protect ...

The cleanup of America's filthiest harbor is now worth between $30 and $100 billion in ecosystem services A first-of-its-kind retrospective ...

Levels can greatly exceed those in water, with potential health risksCredit: Kevin Krajic/Earth Institute, Columbia University A new study shows ...

Credit: Matti Loponen and Juho Aalto The formation of new aerosol particles is a complicated process. Researchers have only recently ...

Team praises widespread commitment but calls for broader participation to better protect global marine ecosystemsCredit: Luiz Rocha © 2017 California ...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - Hundreds of dams are being proposed for Mekong River basin in Southeast ...

Current map of river salinizationCredit: Rubén Ladrera, University of La Rioja (Spain) These are some of the red lines revealed ...