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Ozone, Nitrogen Change The Way Rising Carbon Dioxide Affects Earth's Water
Through a recent modeling
experiment, researchers have
found that future
concentrations of carbon
dioxide and ozone in the
... > full story
Athletes, Spectators Faced Unprecedented Air Pollution At 2008 Olympic Games
Particulate air pollution
during the 2008 Olympic
Games in Beijing constantly
exceeded levels considered
excessive by the World
... > full story
Study Advises Chinese Government To Change Fuel In Millions Of Households
Scientists in China are
recommending that the
Chinese government consider
phasing out the direct
burning of traditional
... > full story
Particulate Pollution Combined With Airborne Soot Adds To Global Warming
Particulate pollution
thought to be holding
climate change in check by
reflecting sunlight instead
enhances warming when
... > full story
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First Global Map Of Ammonia Emissions Measured From Space Reveals New Hotspots
June 29, 2009 — The first complete map of global ammonia emissions has recently been achieved using to satellite data. It reveals an underestimation of some of the ammonia concentrations detected by current ... > full story -
Energy-saving Method Checks Refrigerant Level In Air Conditioners
June 29, 2009 — Engineers have developed a technique that saves energy and servicing costs by indicating when air conditioners are low on refrigerant, preventing the units from working ... > full story -
How Aerosols Contribute To Climate Change
June 23, 2009 — What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens on the way there is a different story. Scientists have analyzed the air blown by winds between San Diego and Las Vegas and now know what ... > full story -
Drinking Water From Air Humidity
June 8, 2009 — Not a plant to be seen, the desert ground is too dry. But the air contains water, and research scientists have found a way of obtaining drinking water from air humidity. The system is based ... > full story -
Bacteria From The Deep Can Clean Up Heavy Metals
June 5, 2009 — A novel species of bacteria, Brachybacterium strain Mn32A, isolated from Pacific Ocean sediments, could provide a powerful clean-up tool for heavy metal pollution. Scientists report that the ... > full story -
How Humans Have Disrupted The Nitrogen Cycle
June 5, 2009 — Researchers have found a new proxy to measure the impact of fossil fuel emissions on the global nitrogen cycle. The scientists use nitrogen isotopes found in a Greenland ice core to link nitrates to ... > full story -
Spring Agricultural Fires Have Large Impact On Melting Arctic
May 29, 2009 — Scientists from around the world will convene at the University of New Hampshire June 2-5, 2009, to discuss key findings from the most ambitious effort ever undertaken to measure "short-lived" ... > full story -
European Shipping Routes Linked To Locations With High Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution
May 27, 2009 — A synoptic view of European shipping routes can be seen for the first time thanks to a new map created using seven years of radar data from ESA's Envisat satellite. Despite the fact that ships are ... > full story -
High Self-reported Asthma Rates Near New York's Ground Zero After Sept. 11, 2001 Attacks
May 20, 2009 — Research conducted seven years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City found that children attending the socioeconomically and ethnically homogeneous elementary school ... > full story -
Environmental Exposure To Particulates May Damage DNA In As Few As Three Days
May 18, 2009 — Exposure to particulate matter has been recognized as a contributing factor to lung cancer development for some time, but a new study indicates inhalation of certain particulates can actually cause ... > full story
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