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Glimpsing a Greener Future: Computer Model Foresees Effects of Alternative Transportation Fuels
It's the year 2060, and 75
percent of drivers in the
Greater Los Angeles area
have hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles that emit only
... > full story
Tiny Bubbles Clean Oil from Water
Small amounts of oil leave a
fluorescent sheen on
polluted water. Oil sheen is
hard to remove, even when
the water is aerated with
ozone or filtered through
sand. Now, an engineer has
... > full story
Lightning's 'NOx-Ious' Impact On Pollution, Climate
More than 1.2 billion
lightning flashes occur
around the world every year.
Each of those billion
lightning flashes produces a
puff of nitrogen oxide gas
... > full story
Links Between City Walkability And Air Pollution Exposure Revealed
A new study compares
neighborhoods' walkability
(degree of ease for walking)
with local levels of air
pollution and finds that
... > full story
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Air Pollution May Trigger Appendicitis
October 6, 2009 — A new study suggests that air pollution may trigger appendicitis in ... > full story -
Ozone Layer Depletion Leveling Off, Satellite Data Show
September 22, 2009 — By merging more than a decade of atmospheric data from European satellites, scientists have compiled a homogeneous long-term ozone record that allows them to monitor total ozone trends on a global ... > full story -
Changes In Earth's Ozone Layer Predicted To Increase UV Radiation In Tropics And Antarctica
September 16, 2009 — Physicists have discovered that changes in the Earth's ozone layer due to climate change will reduce the amount of ultraviolet radiation in northern high latitude regions such as Siberia, Scandinavia ... > full story -
Nitrous Oxide Now Top Ozone-Depleting Emission
August 28, 2009 — Nitrous oxide has now become the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities, and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century, scientists report in a new ... > full story -
New Technology Cuts Industrial Odors, Pollutants
August 27, 2009 — Scientists have devised a new technology that could be the key to eliminating foul odors and air pollutants emitted by industrial chicken rendering facilities and -- ultimately -- large-scale swine ... > full story -
Ancient Climate: The Greenhouse Gas That Saved The World
August 18, 2009 — A newly formed Earth was warmed by a weak young sun, a sun too weak to keep water fluid on Earth. Now a professor in atmospheric chemistry explains how a powerful greenhouse gas helped keep young ... > full story -
Chemists Discover Ozone-Boosting Reaction: Newfound Chemistry Should Be Added To Atmospheric Models, Experts Say
August 9, 2009 — Burning of fossil fuels pumps chemicals into the air that react on surfaces such as buildings and roads to create photochemical smog-forming chlorine atoms, scientists report in a new study. The ... > full story -
Ozone Depletion Reduces Ocean Carbon Uptake
August 9, 2009 — The Southern Ocean plays an important role in mitigating climate change because it acts as a sink of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Most current models predict that the strength of the Southern Ocean ... > full story -
Geoengineering To Mitigate Global Warming May Cause Other Environmental Harm
August 7, 2009 — Geoengineering techniques aim to slow global warming through the use of human-made changes to the Earth's land, seas or atmosphere. But new research shows that the use of geoengineering to do ... > full story -
More Accurate Weather Forecasts Coming Soon
August 7, 2009 — More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in the works. Scientists developed a high performance electronic device -- known as a dual polarized Frequency ... > full story
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