Improving ecosystems with aquatic plants
Study shows how to grow aquatic plants in large-scale plant production systems Davie, Florida--Improving Ecosystems with Aquatic Plants Researchers Lyn ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Capturing carbon from the air
Climate scientists predict disastrous consequences if greenhouse gases continue to accumulate at ever-increasing rates. Experts agree that any solution will ...
Toxic byproducts of Agent Orange continue to pollute Vietnam environment, study says
Credit: Photo by US Army Flight Operations Specialist 4 John Crivello in 1969 URBANA, Ill. - During the Vietnam War, ...
NASA tracks a weaker Typhoon Wutip through northwestern Pacific
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed that ...
Crop residue burning is a major contributor to air pollution in South Asia
Credit: Dr. Atinderpal Singh, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL, Ahmedabad) /Stockholm University While fossil fuel emissions in New Delhi account for ...
‘Dead zone’ volume more important than area to fish, fisheries
Dubravko Justic, the Texaco Distinguished Professor in the LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, and Research Associate Lixia Wang ...
NASA-NOAA satellite finds Typhoon Wutip’s eye clouded
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Northwestern ...
Pitt engineer receives $500K award to investigate potentially harmful man-made chemicals
Carla Ng will use the NSF CAREER award to study the health and environmental impact of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl ...
Non-native pest-controlling wasp identified in Canada prior to formal approval
Credit: Warren Wong, Simon Fraser University Thought to be Canada's most promising potential defense against the brown marmorated stink bug ...
Incentives to downsize would ease the housing crisis
'The Last-Time Buyer: housing and finance for an ageing society' A CSFI report by Professor Les Mayhew Incentives to downsize ...
Captured carbon dioxide converts into oxalic acid to process rare earth elements
Credit: Nathan Shaiyen/Michigan Tech Until now, carbon dioxide has been dumped in oceans or buried underground. Industry has been reluctant ...
Scientists reveal impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen discharge on nitrogen transport in global rivers
Credit: Obtained from Google Earth, compiled and annotated by Shuang Liu Excess nutrients from fertilizer application, pollution discharge, and water ...
Good news: Habitats worthy of protection in Germany are protected
Credit: Simone Langhans The world's largest coordinated network of protected areas is not located at the South Pole or in ...
Study examines indoor exposure to air pollution
In an Indoor Air study conducted in a suburb of the city of Kuopio, Finland, relatively short-lasting wood and candle ...