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Planes, Trains, or Automobiles: Travel Choices for a Smaller Carbon Footprint
June 17, 2013 — Planes, trains, or automobiles: what's the most climate-friendly way to travel? A new study by researchers from IIASA and CICERO brings better estimates of how much personal travel impacts the ... > full story -
'Self-Cleaning' Pollution-Control Technology Could Do More Harm Than Good, Study Suggests
June 13, 2013 — Environmental scientists shows that air-pollution-removal technology used in "self-cleaning" paints and building surfaces may actually cause more problems than they solve. The study finds that ... > full story -
New Catalyst Neutralizes Gases Responsible for Climate Change
June 13, 2013 — New technology prevents nitrous oxide decomposing it into nontoxic products. The catalytic system is active, efficient and stable over time and can purify gases emitted by industries related to the ... > full story -
Altitude May Affect the Way Language Is Spoken
June 12, 2013 — Until recently most linguists believed that the relationship between the structure of language and the natural world was mainly the influence of the environment on vocabulary. Now, a new study shows ... > full story -
Intelligent Door Seal Prevents Poor Air Quality
June 11, 2013 — For a long time, heat insulation was en vogue -- and nearly no one was concerned about poor indoor air quality. And yet excess carbon dioxide hampers concentration. Now, researchers have come up with ... > full story -
Rapid Change in China Brings Significant Improvements in Health
June 6, 2013 — In China between 1990 and 2010, communicable disease and child mortality decreased while life expectancy increased. But China faces significant challenges. The top five causes of health loss are ... > full story -
Pollution in Northern Hemisphere Helped Cause 1980s African Drought
June 6, 2013 — Air pollution in the Northern Hemisphere in the mid-20th century cooled the upper half of the planet and pushed rain bands south, contributing to the prolonged and worsening drought in Africa's Sahel ... > full story -
Predicting the Future of Coral Reefs in a Changing World
June 6, 2013 — Scientists have described for the first time the biological process of how corals create their skeletons, which form massive and ecologically vital coral reefs in the world's oceans. They identified ... > full story -
Cassini Sees Precursors to Aerosol Haze on Saturn's Largest Moon, Titan
June 6, 2013 — Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have confirmed the presence of a population of complex hydrocarbons in the upper atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, that later evolve ... > full story -
NASA to Study How Pollution, Storms and Climate Mix
June 6, 2013 — NASA aircraft will take to the skies over the southern United States this summer to investigate how air pollution and natural emissions, which are pushed high into the atmosphere by large storms, ... > full story
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