Meet bag, bottle, and straw, three bits of plastic left on the beach. They are only small, but they are heading into the ocean, where…
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Important funding for the intersectoral research work of two INRS professors. Patrick Drogui and My Ali El Khakani, professors at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS),…
A new ASU study shows that the outer plastic coating around laundry and dish pods needs specific conditions to biodegrade. These conditions are not met…
Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according to several studies reported today (July 26, 2021) at the Alzheimer’s Association International…
Wildlife rehabilitation specialists from UC Davis Oiled Wildlife Care Network and International Bird Rescue treat a common murre at the San Francisco Bay Oiled Wildlife…
Ocean waves are one way microplastics enter the atmosphere. Ocean water, is full of insoluble plastic particles that bob to the top layer of water…
Shanghai, China New research published by the open access publisher Frontiers inventories greenhouse gas emissions of 167 globally distributed cities. The study shows that just…
Every day, our bodies face a bombardment of UV rays, ozone, cigarette smoke, industrial chemicals, and other hazards. This exposure can lead to free-radical production…
Catching a big blue barrel floating on the ocean surface in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from the German research vessel SONNE during expedition SO268/3…
Human pollution is often evident from oil slicks and plastic drifting on shore, but many of the drugs that we consume also end up washing…
NIST researchers used a laser frequency-comb instrument (illustration at lower right) to simultaneously measure three airborne greenhouse gases — nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide and water…
Foam structure for various temperatures and pressures. The bulkiest foams have the largest air pockets and are good for flotation devices. Credit: Heon Park Researchers…
Assortment of microplastics that were sifted from the ocean. Credit: NASA Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA…
Researchers used NIST’s agricomb to simultaneously measure emissions of methane, ammonia, carbon dioxide and water vapor from the atmosphere around a beef cattle feedlot in…
Some of the complex structural arrangements of catalysts;left is known as branched structure and the right as cage structure. Credit: Professor Anna Klinkova of the…
Satellites reveal ocean microplastic fluctuation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and releases from the Yangtze River in China. An estimated eight million tons of…
A herring gull chick and eggs. Credit: Prof Jon Blount Chemical additives used in plastic production have been found in herring gull eggs, new research…
A new study finds that reduced fossil fuel burning due to lockdowns in American and Asian cities caused a global drop in ozone pollution. Credit:…
Researchers have analyzed more than 25 years of Antarctic data, finding that concentrations of ozone near the ground arose from both natural and human-related sources.…
Just two weeks of citalopram exposure caused changes in crayfish behavior. Credit: Stefan, iNaturalist Increased foraging and reduced aggression have the potential to alter stream…