Tag: Pollution/Remediation

Like rings in a tree trunk, a narwal's tusk provides a window into changing conditions in the ArcticCredit: Paul Nicklen ...

Credit: Anna Lena Lundqvist / Chalmers University of Technology EU imports of products including palm oil, soybeans, and beef contribute ...

Credit: Susan Wilde Bald eagles, as well as other wildlife, have been succumbing to a mysterious neurodegenerative disease in the ...

Sewage and food waste biocrude conversion process reaches major milestoneCredit: (Illustration by Michael Perkins | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) RICHLAND, ...

A project to assess the risks of well contamination in Madagascar receives major fundingCredit: INSTN-Madagascar The project of Professor Geneviève ...

Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration optionCredit: Courtesy: N.R. Fuller, Sayo Studio The interiors of ...

Dutch scientist want to know how bad the problem is, exactlyCredit: Alexander Schippers It all started when litter researchers found ...

Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00050 During the COVID-19 pandemic, people have grown accustomed to wearing facemasks, but ...

Plants that emit lots of isoprenes may be causing unhealthful aerosol levels during heat wavesCredit: UC Berkeley graphics by Clara ...

Credit: Oliver Krone/Leibniz-IZW Over the past decades, the increased use of chemicals in many areas led to environmental pollution - ...

Collaboration works on nanosensors to detect atmospheric pollutantsCredit: G. Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Smog?uselang=de#/media/File:Ciel_du_Havre_04.JPG) An international project involving researchers at ...

Films consist of natural ingredients, they are healthy-safe and water-solubilityCredit: UrFU / Andrey Fomin. An international group of scientists from ...

Credit: Therese van Wyk, University of Johannesburg When power stations burn coal, a class of compounds called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, ...

This approach can make it possible to produce biosensors for applications such as the detection of mercury, cholera or the ...

Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time observed photochemical processes ...

New EC-funded project will identify trends in taxonomic expertise across Europe to identify gaps in expert knowledgeCredit: Denitza Peneva Insects ...

A large gathering of fish tempts harbor porpoises to search for food around oil and gas platforms, even though the ...

New challenges to a once tried-and-true method for assessing reef healthCredit: Image courtesy of Ken Caldeira. Washington, DC-- Algae colonizing ...

Credit: UZH/Agroscope The use of artificial light at night around the world has increased enormously in recent years, causing adverse ...

Joint university research finds some air purifiers may actually increase harmful airborne chemicalsCredit: Illinois Tech The market for air purifiers ...