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AP Photo/Adrian Kraus An American chestnut tree’s trunk shows signs of blight at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science & Forestry Lafayette Road Experiment Station in Syracuse, N.Y., in this 2019 file photo. The blight decimated a towering tree species once dominant in forests from Maine t... | Environmental Science |
New research led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has confirmed that coastal water pollution transfers to the atmosphere in sea spray aerosol, which can reach people beyond just beachgoers, surfers, and swimmers.
Rainfall in the US-Mexico border region causes complications for wastewater treatment... | Environmental Science |
[1/5] Kids and parent volunteers ride their bicycles to school on car-free streets as part of the city's "bicibus" (bike bus) in Barcelona, Spain November 23, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho DoceBARCELONA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - It's fun, it's green and it's becoming more popular by the day.Barcelona's bike bus, or "bicibus", as the s... | Environmental Science |
Natural gas used for powering household stoves, furnaces and water may contain levels of cancer-linked compounds that are toxic to residents when leaked, a new study has found. The research, published in Environmental Science & Technology on Tuesday, investigated the composition of greater Boston’s “unburned” household... | Environmental Science |
Human exceptionalism hinders environmental action, scientists find
What is nature? When Northeastern University researchers asked a sample of undergraduate students this question last spring, many of their responses included "the outdoors," "flora and fauna that exist without human interference" or "natural environment... | Environmental Science |
Microbial necromass carbon causes dramatic carbon loss in permafrost thaw slump of Tibetan Plateau
Permafrost in the Tibetan Plateau contains a large amount of soil organic carbon (SOC). Climate change leads to rapid permafrost degradation and thermal collapse, which can change the microgeomorphology and soil physical ... | Environmental Science |
Student Spotlight: Christine Ow
Christine Ow is a current student in Columbia University’s MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program. Originally from Singapore, she graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2022 with a B.A. in political science and minors in global studies, Korean and environme... | Environmental Science |
Removing carbon from Earth's atmosphere may not reverse devastating changes to weather patterns in vulnerable areas, a new study suggests.
In the study, Korean researchers simulated how removing large quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the air might affect the progress of local climate changes related... | Environmental Science |
Southern resident killer whales are an endangered population of the famous black-and-white marine animals also known as orcas. A new study suggests certain chemical contaminants may be implicated in the orcas' decline.A team led by researchers at the University of British Columbia published its findings in the journal ... | Environmental Science |
Killer whales, also called orcas, are known for their intelligence and striking presence. They are also enduring a silent but persistent threat beneath the surface of our oceans.
My research investigates killer whales and their diets in the North Atlantic. Previous studies have focused on killer whales in the Pacific O... | Environmental Science |
Climate change isn’t the only threat facing California’s birds. Over the course of the 20th century, urban sprawl and agricultural development have dramatically changed the landscape of the state, forcing many native species to adapt to new and unfamiliar habitats.
In a new study, biologists at the University of Califo... | Environmental Science |
Environmental toxin PCB found in deep sea trench
PCB has been banned in most countries since the 1970s, but that doesn't mean it no longer exists. Now, deep-sea researchers report that they have found PCB at the bottom of the Atacama Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
During their expedition to the deep-sea trench, the resea... | Environmental Science |
Arctic ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics, reports new research
The alga Melosira arctica, which grows under Arctic sea ice, contains ten times as many microplastic particles as the surrounding seawater. This concentration at the base of the food web poses a threat to creatures that feed on the algae at ... | Environmental Science |
The branching coral, Acropora hyacinthus, is a prevalent coral species on the reefs of Mo’orea, French Polynesia, and was used as a focal species in this study.
Across the globe and in the Caribbean, coral reef ecosystems—home to an estimated 25 percent of all marine life—face crisis after crisis. Anthropogenic climate... | Environmental Science |
uniformsA study of school uniforms in the US and Canada reveals high levels of so-called "forever chemicals".The chemicals, known as PFAS, are used to make clothing resistant to stains or water but they have been linked to asthma, obesity and fertility issues.Researchers found that uniforms made with 100% cotton showed... | Environmental Science |
Air pollution is a major public health problem: The World Health Organization has estimated that it leads to over 4 million premature deaths worldwide annually. Still, it is not always extensively measured. But now an MIT research team is rolling out an open-source version of a low-cost, mobile pollution detector that ... | Environmental Science |
A portable instrument to measure indoor air pollution
Most people know air pollution exists outside from cars, trucks and industry, but many are unaware their indoor air quality could be worse than that of a big city.
Until now, there has been no easy way to measure indoor air quality given the size and complexity of t... | Environmental Science |
Photosynthesis plays a crucial role in shaping and sustaining life on Earth, yet many aspects of the process remain a mystery. One such mystery is how Photosystem II, a protein complex in plants, algae and cyanobacteria, harvests energy from sunlight and uses it to split water, producing the oxygen we breathe. Now rese... | Environmental Science |
Across the U.S., children and adults are increasingly exposed to harmful chemicals from a source few people are even aware of. It begins on a street outside a home or school, where a worker in a manhole is repairing a sewer pipe. The contractor inserts a resin-soaked sleeve into the buried pipe, then heats it, transfor... | Environmental Science |
International research team analyzes February 2023 Ohio train derailment
On February 3, 2023, a train derailed in the United States near East Palestine, Ohio, leading to the combustion of vinyl chloride. Following that accident, an international team of researchers undertook an in-depth analysis of the environmental co... | Environmental Science |
Victoria Fortiz, right, then a graduate student at Penn State, and Jean Self-Trail, a research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, work on a core sample from the Howards Tract site in Maryland. Credit: Penn State. All Rights Reserved.UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Changes in Earth’s orbit that favored hotter conditions ma... | Environmental Science |
Letting those leaves pile up? New research shows leaf litter contains persistent free radicals
Research led by environmental health sciences (ENHS) associate professor Eric Vejerano has found that leaves are a source of biogenic persistent free radicals (BPFRs). Vejerano and Ph.D. in ENHS alumna Jeonghyeon Ahn publishe... | Environmental Science |
Backwashing affects the removal of micropollutants and the dynamic changes in the microbial community in sand filters
Sand filters are commonly applied in drinking water treatment and can efficiently remove suspended solids, organic matter, and microorganisms from source water. During the process, particulate matter an... | Environmental Science |
EPA's new PFAS rules don't account for major source of drinking water contamination
Earlier this year, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed maximum allowable levels in drinking water for six PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)—so-called forever chemicals. But the draft standards do not account for hal... | Environmental Science |
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Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are near capacity.
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Storage tanks for contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are near capacity.
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Researchers have known for decades that orcas across the North Pacific have harmful pollutants in their system.
Now, a new study reveals orcas in the western North Atlantic, including those in the Arctic, are significantly more contaminated than animals in the east—a finding that “shocked” study leader Anaïs Remili, a ... | Environmental Science |
Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — rather than just prevent the creation of it.
Typical carbon capture catches CO2 directly from the source of a carbon-i... | Environmental Science |
A framework for screening pharmaceuticals and personal care products in landfill leachates
The prevalence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment has generated increasing concern due to the potential threats they pose to the ecosystem and human health. Landfill leachate is an important ... | Environmental Science |
Ohio train derailment, clean-up resulted in high levels of some gases, study shows
A freight train carrying industrial chemicals derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023, and to avoid explosions, authorities conducted a controlled release and burned the cars' contents. Residents were worried about their hea... | Environmental Science |
A rapid spike in cases of a potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungus has concerned public health officials across the nation. But a team of Southern Nevada researchers hope their new study applying wastewater surveillance can help health officials get a step ahead of this emerging global public health threat.
The Path... | Environmental Science |
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Appalachian states like Kentucky have a long, turbulent history with coal and mountaintop removal—an extractive mining process that uses explosives to clear forests and scrape soil in order to access underlying coal seams. For years, ... | Environmental Science |
At least two massive underwater blasts caused this week’s damage to the Baltic Sea gas pipelines and methane leaks.The ruptures on the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline system under the Baltic Sea have led to what is likely the biggest single release of climate-damaging methane ever recorded, the United Nations Environm... | Environmental Science |
Vinyl chloride entered the spotlight after the Feb. 3. But the hazardous substance has been around for decades and is everywhere – from buildings and vehicle upholstery to children's toys and kitchen supplies – and factories have been emitting the EPA-designated toxic chemical into the air for years.
The train that der... | Environmental Science |
California is once again being deluged by atmospheric rivers. What are they, and will climate change make them worse?
California is once again being deluged by atmospheric rivers that have unleashed major flooding across the state, with river number 12 scheduled to dump more precipitation the week of March 19.
Experts ... | Environmental Science |
Human DNA is everywhere. That's a boon for science, and an ethical quagmire
On the beach. In the ocean. Traveling along riverways. In muggy Florida and chilly Ireland. Even floating through the air.
We cough, spit, shed and flush our DNA into all of these places and countless more. Signs of human life can be found near... | Environmental Science |
Eat almost anything. Sleep almost anywhere. These, it seems, are the secrets to surviving in the city as a wild animal. Among the species that dominate urban spaces—pigeons, cockroaches, rats, foxes—these are the most obvious characteristics successful city dwellers have.But they aren’t the only tactics for urban survi... | Environmental Science |
When it comes to the United States phasing out PFAS, the “forever chemicals” are true to their nickname in more ways than one. It’s not going to be straightforward or swift to eliminate these substances from countless industries, even though they have been potentially linked to myriad health issues.
Found in products l... | Environmental Science |
Climate change could be gradually making the world's tropical rainforests too hot for photosynthesis to occur, and it may eventually trigger their collapse, a new study has warned.
Using data collected from the International Space Station (ISS), scientists found that a small yet growing percentage of tree leaves in tro... | Environmental Science |
Thirty years ago, the world’s nations agreed to prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. But what is “dangerous climate change”? Just turn on the television, read the headlines of the morning paper or view your social media feeds. For we are watching it play out in real time this summer, more profo... | Environmental Science |
National economies recover faster when countries are powered by renewable energy, says new research
National economies recover significantly faster from shocks when countries are powered by renewable energy sources, according to new research that has profound implications for global energy policy.
Researchers from Trin... | Environmental Science |
Coastal water pollution transfers to the air in sea spray aerosol and reaches people on land, confirms study
New research led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has confirmed that coastal water pollution transfers to the atmosphere in sea spray aerosol, which can reach people beyond just beachgoers,... | Environmental Science |
As the world’s first case of a parasitic roundworm infecting a human’s brain made headlines this week, infectious diseases experts warned the threat of novel infections is rising.
In a case report written about the Australian patient in the journal Emerging Infectious Disease, doctors who pulled the Ophidascaris robert... | Environmental Science |
October 5 - The incredible human development over the last 10,000 years was founded on a relatively stable climate system. But now that stability is under threat more than ever. We are already at 1.2 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels, and without immediate action face a 50-50 chance of planetary warming... | Environmental Science |
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Just over a year ago, Canadian oceanographer Will Burt was in Fairbanks, Alaska, teaching college students about the effects of global warming on marine life when a former colleague approached him about a startup seeking to use the ocean to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
“I didn’t have to thi... | Environmental Science |
On Monday, in a low-lying tract of southern Georgia’s pine belt, a half-dozen workers planted row upon row of twig-like poplar trees.
These weren’t just any trees, though: Some of the seedlings being nestled into the soggy soil had been genetically engineered to grow wood at turbocharged rates while slurping up carbon ... | Environmental Science |
Credit: Patrick Hendry on Unsplash A new study has mapped over 57,000 sites in the US that are likely contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – also known as “forever chemicals”. The study is published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.PFAS are a risk to human healthPFAS are a group of ... | Environmental Science |
SINGAPORE, Aug 8 (Reuters) - (This Aug 8 story has been corrected to clarify that the quote was from Anna Hogg, not Caroline Holmes, in paragraphs 3 and 4)
Sea ice in the Antarctic region has fallen to a record low this year as a result of rising global temperatures and there is no quick fix to reverse the damage done,... | Environmental Science |
Natural gas stoves and ovens can leak harmful chemicals inside homes even when they're not in use.About 47 million U.S. households use such appliances, according to the federal Energy Information Administration.A study published Thursday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology found at least 12 hazardous ai... | Environmental Science |
Researchers at the University of Toronto, Indiana University and University of Notre Dame have detected levels of toxic PFAS chemicals—short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—for the first time in Canadian fast-food packaging, specifically water-and-grease repellent paper alternatives to plastic.
Published today ... | Environmental Science |
NEWPORT, Ore. – Dynamic and changing Arctic Ocean conditions likely caused three major mortality events in the eastern North Pacific gray whale population since the 1980s, a new study has found.
During each of these die-offs, including one that began in 2019 and is ongoing, the gray whale population was reduced by up t... | Environmental Science |
"This is one of the least smelly carcasses,” said Todd Katzner, peering over his lab manager’s shoulder as she sliced a bit of flesh from a dead pigeon lying on a steel lab table. The specimens that arrive at this facility in Boise, Idaho, are often long dead, and the bodies smell, he said, like “nothing that you can e... | Environmental Science |
A new report submitted by the Indian government to the United Nations offers a glimmer of hope when it comes to the fight against climate change: Over the past 14 years, the world's most populous nation has reduced its carbon emissions by a larger-than-expected 33%. According to the report filed to the United Nations C... | Environmental Science |
image: Implications for management and public health view more Credit: Daniel Herrera The next time you crack your backdoor to let your cat outside for its daily adventure, you may want to think again. For a cat, the outdoors is filled with undesirable potential. Like the risks of catching and transmitting diseases, a... | Environmental Science |
Antarctica risks 'cascades of extreme events' as Earth warms, study says
Extreme weather in Antarctica, including ocean heat waves and ice loss, is set to become more intense unless urgent policy action reduces the burning of fossil fuels, a new study has found—the latest to sound the alarm on the damage climate change... | Environmental Science |
Thailand’s iconic, gas-guzzling tuk-tuks are being replaced by a greener, more energy efficient model, offering travellers a more environmentally friendly way of getting around what is one of the world’s worst countries when it comes to air pollution.“The benefits are quite clear in terms of the environment”, says Kris... | Environmental Science |
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a mobile desalination unit that weighs less than 10 kilograms and can create clean drinking water without the need for pumps or filters. The remarkable device results from a journey working on the physics behind underlying desalination processes that t... | Environmental Science |
Low-income areas shown to experience hotter temperatures in L.A. county
In recent years, the Los Angeles region—home to 9.8 million people—has experienced record-breaking heat waves and steadily increasing average temperatures due to climate change. While climate change is a global problem, its effects often impact dis... | Environmental Science |
International Space Station Air Pollutant Study Could Improve Spacecraft Design
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The concentrations of potentially harmful chemical compounds circulating in the International Space Station (ISS) exceed those found in the floor dust of an average American ho... | Environmental Science |
PCB has been banned in most countries since the 1970s, but that doesn't mean it no longer exists. Now, deep-sea researchers report that they have found PCB at the bottom of the Atacama Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
During their expedition to the deep-sea trench, the research team retrieved sediment cores and analyzed th... | Environmental Science |
Scientific findings don't always translate neatly into actions, especially in conservation and resource management. The disconnect can leave academics and practitioners disheartened and a bit frustrated.
"We want conservation science to be informing real-world needs," said Darcy Bradley, a senior ocean scientist at The... | Environmental Science |
Herman Daly, one of the founders of ecological economics, has died at the age of 84. His work questioning the pursuit of economic growth, and articulating the alternative of a steady-state economy, has been foundational to sustainability science. Herman Daly was born in Texas in 1938. As a child, at the age of eight, h... | Environmental Science |
Everyone knows that burning coal causes air pollution that is harmful to the climate and human health. But the ash left over can often be harmful as well.
For example, Duke Energy long stored a liquified form of coal ash in 36 large ponds across the Carolinas. That all changed in 2014, when a spill at its Dan River sit... | Environmental Science |
Study: Toilet paper adds to ‘forever chemicals’ in wastewater
Scientists have identified a surprising new source of “forever chemicals” awash in global wastewater: the ubiquitous paper product dangling next to most of the planet’s toilets.
Toilet paper is the latest product that could be contaminating environments worl... | Environmental Science |
The reality of the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy in New York City
Economic transitions take time but do take place. New York City first became prominent as a trading city, with America's resources and farm goods delivered via the Erie Canal shipped out of the port of New York. Then, we became a m... | Environmental Science |
image: The study shows that less intensively managed grassland has greater plant diversity. Pictured are cows fed on pasture in Arnside, Cumbria. view more Credit: Markus Wagner Embargoed until: 05:01am GMT, Friday 25 November, 2022 Researchers have shown - for the first time - that less intensively managed British gr... | Environmental Science |
U.S. President Joe Biden holds out his pen to U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) look on after Biden signed "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" into law during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washin... | Environmental Science |
A global treaty called the Minamata Convention requires gold-mining countries to regularly report the amount of toxic mercury that miners are using to find and extract gold, designed to help nations gauge success toward at least minimizing a practice that produces the world's largest amount of humanmade mercury polluti... | Environmental Science |
Eight-year-old Chelsea Symonds carries a bucket of collected rainwater in her family's yard in the drought-affected town of Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, on February 17, 2020.Loren Elliott/ReutersRainwater across Earth contains levels of "forever chemicals" unsafe to drink, a study suggests.Per- and polyfluor... | Environmental Science |
At the surface, the Arctic Ocean is pure serenity: chunk after chunk of bright-white ice, lazily floating around. What you can’t see is that its underside is covered in green snot, à la the ectoplasm from Ghostbusters—an underwater forest of Melosira arctica, algae that grow into sticky, dangling “trees” several feet l... | Environmental Science |
New study indicates chemicals from grocery stickers may be leaching into foods. Here's what you need to know
Although BPA is tightly regulated, related compounds aren't and are still used in food packaging
The next time you're in the grocery store, you may want to take a look at how the fresh food is packaged.
Accordin... | Environmental Science |
New research co-led by Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia shows that amplified global warming in the Canadian High Arctic drove a profound shift in the structure of a river network carved into a permafrost landscape in only 60 years. Documenting a powerful interplay among climate change, the... | Environmental Science |
A mixture of trees purifies urban air best
Conifers are generally better than broadleaved trees at purifying air from pollutants. But deciduous tree may be better at capturing particle-bound pollution. A new study led by the University of Gothenburg shows that the best trees for air purification depend on the type of p... | Environmental Science |
At the start of his third year of graduate school, Kazi Albab Hussain became a father. As a new dad and a PhD student studying environmental nanotechnology, plastic was on his mind. The year before, scientists had discovered that plastic baby bottles shed millions of particles into formula, which infants end up swallow... | Environmental Science |
Study investigates climate change's impact on intensity, frequency and duration of extreme-weather events
In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Michael Mann, professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts & Scien... | Environmental Science |
Keeping California's oil in the ground will improve health but affect jobs, find study
As society reckons with climate change, there's a growing call to keep fossil fuels right where they are, in the ground. But the impact of curtailing oil production will depend on the policies we implement to achieve this.
An interdi... | Environmental Science |
A mixture of trees purifies urban air best, shows study
Conifers are generally better than broadleaved trees at purifying air from pollutants. But deciduous tree may be better at capturing particle-bound pollution. A new study led by the University of Gothenburg shows that the best trees for air purification depend on ... | Environmental Science |
Americans tossed 292.4 million tons of trash into landfills in 2018, or about 5 pounds of garbage per person per day. Once in a landfill, much of that trash undergoes some wild chemistry, often polluting the surrounding area. But amid all the stinking refuse is potentially valuable material, and some environmentalists ... | Environmental Science |
The world goes through hundreds of billions of single-use coffee cups every year—and most aren’t recycled. So major coffee chains’ switch to paper cups is a good step, right? Not quite.A recently published study shows that paper cups can be just as toxic as conventional plastic ones if they end up littered in our natur... | Environmental Science |
State school board votes 8-7 to restore climate change to latest science standards
The Utah’s supplemental state standards for science and engineering education restored climate change by 1 vote late Thursday night
Climate change was restored to Utah’s supplemental state standards for science and engineering education ... | Environmental Science |
As rising seas disrupt toxic sites, study finds communities of color are at most risk
As rising seas threaten to flood hundreds of toxic sites along the California coast, the risk of flood-related contamination will fall disproportionately on the state's most marginalized communities, finds a new study published today ... | Environmental Science |
A Chapman University scientist and his colleagues have determined how the Earth responds as it heats up due to climate change.
The scientists say a warming world calls for a new approach in detecting how much carbon dioxide comes out of ecosystems when the temperature changes -- which tells us how well plants and soil ... | Environmental Science |
Climate-friendly, nutrition-sensitive interventions could close the global dietary nutrient gap while reducing emissions
How do we tackle world hunger, hidden hunger and climate change? It's possible to address both world hunger and hidden hunger while reducing agricultural greenhouse emissions at the same time. And we... | Environmental Science |
Repelling the Attack on Environmental, Social, Corporate Governance (ESG) Management
It is no surprise that a political movement led by a corporate “manager” who made “you’re fired” a central principle of his practice of management is attacking contemporary management that seeks to navigate the complex world that organ... | Environmental Science |
Moss-covered forest ditches could provide another tool to combat climate change
According to a study by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), the University of Tampere and the University of Helsinki, ditches in forestry-drained peatlands release less methane into the atmosphere than what has previously been e... | Environmental Science |
When It Rains, It Pours. Why?
Michela Biasutti, a researcher at the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, focuses on the variability of rain across across many time scales across the world, the workings of monsoons, and the influence of climate change. She recently joined the Environmental Science... | Environmental Science |
Arsenic contaminates private drinking water wells across the western Great Basin
In the arid and drought-stricken western Great Basin, sparse surface water means rural communities often rely on private groundwater wells. Unlike municipal water systems, well water quality in private wells is unregulated, and a new study... | Environmental Science |
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from cruise ships towering over downtown. Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to whisk visitors away, with many headed for the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier.
A craggy expanse of gray, wh... | Environmental Science |
Undermining of institutions and lack of local policies hinder fire management in Amazonia
An article published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction discusses Amazon Rainforest wildfire governance with local community participation in the so-called tri-national border region between Madre de Dios in P... | Environmental Science |
Q&A: Environmentally Sustainable Growth
This story was originally published in SIPA News.
In his new book, Environmentally Sustainable Growth: A Pragmatic Approach, Professor Steven Cohen offers a positive vision of an environmentally sustainable future and outlines realistic paths toward a renewable resource-based eco... | Environmental Science |
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently presented its second report on the status of global water resources. According to this report, large parts of the world experienced drier conditions in 2022 than those recorded on average for the equivalent periods over the last 30 years. "Nearly 40 percent of the te... | Environmental Science |
The future of disease tracking is going down the drain — literally. Flushed with success over detecting coronavirus in wastewater, and even specific variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers are now eyeing our collective poop to monitor a wide variety of health threats.
Before the pandemic, wa... | Environmental Science |
Bridge between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity of flax fiber offers breakthrough in multipurpose oil-water separation
The large number of oily wastewater discharges and oil spills are bringing about severe threats to environment and human health. Corresponding to this challenge, a number of functional materials have ... | Environmental Science |
When it comes to the United States phasing out PFAS, the “forever chemicals” are true to their nickname in more ways than one. It’s not going to be straightforward or swift to eliminate these substances from countless industries, even though they have been potentially linked to myriad health issues.
Found in products l... | Environmental Science |
International Space Station may be more polluted than most American homes
Concentrations of toxic contaminants found in dust on the International Space Station (ISS) surpass those found in floor dust in many U.S. households, a new study has found.
Levels of organic pollutants in dust samples from ISS air filters were h... | Environmental Science |
Gas stoves in California homes are leaking cancer-causing benzene, researchers found in a new study published on Thursday, though they say more research is needed to understand how many homes have leaks.In the study, published in Environmental Science and Technology on Thursday, researchers also estimated that over 4 t... | Environmental Science |
Cop27 may have been dismissed as a circus in some quarters, but a group of scientists and performers is staging a real circus in Ireland to inspire people to help tackle the climate crisis.The eclectic mix of engineers, conservation experts, clowns, jugglers and acrobats will perform this weekend in what is billed as E... | Environmental Science |
Study finds sulfate pollution impacts Texas gulf coast air
Sitting on the beach, taking in the breeze, you might think the sea air is better for you than its inland equivalent. But researchers at the University of Houston have found that the air along the Gulf of Mexico coast in Texas can be more polluted due to its hi... | Environmental Science |
Researchers engineer nanoparticles using ion irradiation to advance clean energy, fuel conversion
MIT researchers and colleagues have demonstrated a way to precisely control the size, composition, and other properties of nanoparticles key to the reactions involved in a variety of clean energy and environmental technolo... | Environmental Science |
Fungal pathogens that cause die-back in grape, avocado, citrus, nut and other crops has found a new host and is infecting conifer trees causing Pine Ghost Canker in urban forest areas of Southern California.
The canker can be deadly to trees.
Scientists from University of California, Davis, first spotted evidence that ... | Environmental Science |
Global warming, air pollution and energy insecurity are three of the biggest problems facing the world today. The primary solution to these problems is to transition nearly all energy for transportation, buildings and industry to electricity, then to provide the electricity from clean, renewable sources — like wind, so... | Environmental Science |
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