Radio-tracking dolphins reveals intimate details about their behavior
FAU Harbor Branch, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute conduct most extensive radio-tracking effort of Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphinsCredit: Please do not ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Innovative nanocoating technology harnesses sunlight to degrade microplastics
Credit: CLAIM Low density polyethylene film (LDPE) microplastic fragments, successfully degraded in water using visible-light-excited heterogeneous ZnO photocatalysts. The innovative ...
Sir Charles Lyell’s historical fossils (London’s Natural History Museum) accessible online
Credit: Mark Lewis More than 1,700 animal and plant specimens from the collection of eminent British geologist Sir Charles Lyell ...
Fossil fuel combustion is the main contributor to black carbon around Arctic
An international team conducted study at sites in Russia, Canada, Sweden and Norway, with Baylor University researchers contributing measurements for ...
Delhi’s complicated air pollution problem
According to the World Health Organization, Delhi is the world's most polluted large city. And it's only going to get ...
A hidden source of air pollution? Your daily household tasks
Cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading ...
Winners of Inaugural Johnson & Johnson Innovation Champions of Science Africa Storytelling Challenge
Program spotlights scientific innovation across African continent February 15, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) - Johnson & Johnson Innovation today announced five ...
Synchrotron light to analyse mining waste in marine sediment in the Portman bay
Fighting marine pollutionCredit: GRC- Marine Geosciences /University of Barcelona The light of ALBA Synchrotron will enable revealing the environmental impact ...
Columbia researcher designs data visualization of carbon footprints
The visualization tool, called Carbon Catalogue, breaks down the carbon footprint of a product during its entire life cycleCredit: CoClear ...
Sea Grant & ASLO bring helping hands to Puerto Rico
Annual scientific meeting features community service projects SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Scientists from 52 countries will be providing hands-on ...
Half-Earth preservation with Natura 2000
In recent years, calls to preserve greater swaths of the Earth's land- and seascapes have grown. In particular, numerous conservationists ...
Study shows endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to equine metabolic syndrome
Credit: University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in a horse's environment may play a role in ...
FEFU scientists found persistent organic pollutants in animal fur
Researchers point out that at the global level, the environmental contamination by POPs compounds is increasingCredit: Photo by Tadeusz Lakota ...
Upcycling plastic bags into battery parts (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Plastic bag pollution has become a huge environmental problem, prompting some cities and countries to heavily ...