A new study shows that half of all Arctic warming and corresponding sea-loss during the late 20th century was caused by ozone-depleting substances. Here, icebergs…
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Oil-catching sponge could soak up residue from offshore drilling. Drilling and fracking for oil under the seabed produces 100 billion barrels of oil-contaminated wastewater every…
The 2019 ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on September 8. Abnormal weather patterns in…
Between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of crops. The decommissioning of coal-fired power…
[embedded content] Ferocious bushfires have been sweeping across Australia since September, fueled by record-breaking temperatures, drought, and wind. The country has always experienced fires, but…
University at Buffalo chemistry professor Diana Aga (right) and UB chemistry PhD candidate Luisa Angeles in the lab. To study pharmaceuticals in wastewater, they use…
Kansas State University master’s in geology graduate Allie Richard Lane samples water from wells as part of a 40-year comparison study of wells in the…
The structure of microbial communities colonizing microplastics collected from the North Atlantic Ocean (Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole, Mass.) This image reveals the phylogenetic affiliations of…
Researchers led by Professor MATSUYAMA Hideto and Professor YOSHIOKA Tomohisa at Kobe University’s Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology have succeeded in developing an…
Sustainable Adhesive. Credit: Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography Sustainable Adhesives of the Future Won’t Stick Around Plastics of the future should, ideally for the…
The uranium-persulfide complex associated with the transforming mineral surface. Credit: Diamond Light Source A new paper to be published on December 16, 2019, provides a…
As the climate changes, myriad animal populations are being impacted. In particular, Arctic sea-ice is in decline, causing polar bears in the Barents Sea region…
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have created a suite of new biological sensors by chemically re-engineering pigments to act like tiny Venus flytraps. The sensors…
Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and dramatic impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to findings in “Health Benefits of…
Most researchers believe that the mass extinction 201 million years ago was caused by release of CO2 by volcanism with global warming as a consequence;…
Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution. Credit: Marys_Photos; Pixabay Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the…
International study quantified and characterized charcoal and soot produced by incomplete burning of trees and transported by river to the Atlantic. Besides swathes of destroyed…
A scribbled filefish, about 50 days old and 2 inches long, surrounded by plastics. Credit: David Liitschwager New research shows that many larval fish species…