International study shows that freshwater polluted by fecal material can be determined more quickly and reliably using a new technique. Credit: From Jiao et al,…
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Noise Can Be Detrimental to Plant Life – Affects Persist Even Years After the Noise Has Been Removed
Noise Can Be Detrimental to Plant Life – Affects Persist Even Years After the Noise Has Been Removed
Pinyon pine seedling counted during vegetation surveys. Credit: Photo by Sarah Termondt Though noise may change moment by moment for humans, it has a more…
The Holuhraun lava eruption in 2014-2015. Credit: Dr Evgenia Ilyinskaya Respiratory disease increased markedly following one of Iceland’s largest volcanic eruptions, a new study has…
Hydrogen is a pollution-free energy source when it’s extracted from water using sunlight instead of fossil fuels. But current strategies for “splitting” or breaking apart…
Seagrass, akin to a marine forest in terms of the biodiversity found within it, spreads across Tomales Bay in northern California. Credit: Melissa Ward, UC…
More research is needed on the environmental impact of sunscreen on the world’s coral reefs, scientists at the University of York say. The concerns over…
Narwhals with their characteristic spiraled tusks in dense pack ice. Credit: ©Paul Nicklen / paulnicklen.com Like rings in a tree trunk, a narwhal’s tusk provides…
Study highlights need for global cooperation on policies. Multinational companies headquartered in countries with tougher environmental policies tend to locate their polluting factories in countries…
Inferred reactive probability currents of marine debris into garbage patches (red boxes). Black boxes indicate coastal boxes from which those currents emerge. The color of…
Fireworks are used in celebrations around the world, including Independence Day in the U.S., the Lantern Festival in China and the Diwali Festival in India.…
This photo shows untreated wastewater near settlements in peri-urban Hyderabad. Credit: Dishaad Bundhoo The first global-scale assessment of the role ecosystems play in providing sanitation…
Marine litter ten years after the great 2011 tsunami in Japan. Credit: JAMSTEC [De S. Chiba] The Long Journey of Litter to the Seafloor The…
Celebration of Spring Festival in China. Credit: Zheng Lin Most Chinese working in the cities return to work today after a 7-day national holiday of…
Artist’s illustration of a technologically advanced exoplanet. The colors are exaggerated to show the industrial pollution, which otherwise is not visible. Credit: NASA/Jay Freidlander If…
Wastewater treatment plant. A new study by scientists at Utrecht University and the United Nations University concludes that about half of global wastewater is treated,…
A proposed hybrid-electric plane could “eliminate aviation’s air pollution problem,” say MIT engineers. Proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent, a new…
Research shows reductions in aerosol emissions had slight, temporary warming impact. The lockdowns and reduced societal activity related to the COVID-19 pandemic affected emissions of…
Iron-catalyzed [2+2] oligomerization of butadiene produces (1,n’-divinyl)oligocyclobutane, a new polymer that can be chemically recycled. Credit: Figure by Jonathan Darmon of the Princeton University Department…
Redirecting transatlantic flights to take better advantage of favorable winds at altitude could save fuel, time, and emissions. Airlines could save fuel and reduce emissions…
Stanford researcher Ryan Searcy collects water samples from a tide pool at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, in Moss Beach, California. Credit: Meghan Shea Using water…