A warming world increases air pollution
Climate change is warming the ocean, but it's warming land faster and that's really bad news for air quality Climate ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Study: Environmental regulations may have unintended consequences in energy production
Many countries have passed environmental laws to preserve natural ecosystems. Although the regulations seem to have improved preservation efforts, they ...
KIT National Center for Efficacy Evaluation of Respiratory Disease one step further toward healthy respiratory organs
Credit: KIT NCER The Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT·Chief Dr. Song, Chang-woo) National Center for Efficacy Evaluation of Respiratory Disease ...
The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents a new Climate Change exhibit exploring the global impact of the warming climate on the planet
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 31-- The Harvard Museum of Natural History announces the ...
Carbon dioxide emissions from global fisheries larger than previously thought
Credit: O roxo, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Carbon dioxide emissions from fuel burnt by fishing boats are 30 per cent ...
Children exposed to air pollution at school may be at greater risk of overweight and obesity
Exposure to air pollution, particularly at school, could be associated with a higher risk of overweight and obesity during childhood. ...
Plastic in Britain's seals, dolphins and whales
Credit: Frazer Hodgkins & CSIP Microplastics have been found in the guts of every marine mammal examined in a new ...
UN University compares technologies that remove arsenic from groundwater
At least 140 million people in 50 countries have been drinking water containing arsenic at levels above the World Health ...
Unexpected link between air pollutants from plants and manmade emissions
Scientists are a step closer to understanding what controls fine particulate matter in the Earth's atmosphere after identifying new linkages ...
Prairie strips transform farmland conservation
Converting low-profit land brings big returnsCredit: Lynn Betts Modern agriculture's large monoculture fields grow a lot of corn and soybeans, ...
China not 'walking the walk' on methane emissions
Chinese regulations on coal mining have not curbed the nation's growing methane emissions over the past five years as intendedCredit: ...
Plastic pollution causes mussels to lose grip
Microplastics potentially threatens future survival of mollusc -- new studyCredit: Photograph by Dr Dannielle Green, Anglia Ruskin University A new ...
Why do beaked whales return to a Navy sonar range despite frequent disturbance?
Scientists say it's the foodCredit: A. Friedlaender; NMFS permit #14534 MOSS LANDING, CA - Using data from underwater robots, scientists ...
New family of fungi threatens a UNESCO-listed 8-century-old cathedral in Portugal
Credit: João Trovão To be listed as UNESCO World Heritage requires special care and protection of valuable cultural monuments and ...