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• Global Warming
  Climate
  Nature
  Air Quality
  Environmental Issues
  Organic Chemistry
   
  

  Environmental Engineers Use Algae To Capture Carbon Dioxide

  Engineers have designed a simple, sustainable and natural carbon sequestration solution using algae. A team at Ohio University created a photo bioreactor that uses photosynthesis to grow algae, ... > more
• Water
  Fish
  Drought Research
  Pollution
  Drought
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Environmental Scientists Use Fish Behavior To Monitor Water Quality

  Researchers are using bluegills to detect industrial and agricultural spills in water supplies. Changes in the environment cause the fishes' behavior and breathing patterns to change. Electrodes are ... > more
• Water
  Nature of Water
  Environmental Issues
  Drought Research
  Pollution
  Ecosystems
   
  

  New Software Helps Track the Path of Toxic Spills

  Ecological engineers have developed software that can model the path of a toxic spill in waterways anywhere in the United States. The system can predict if and when a contaminant will reach a ... > more
• Water
  Nature of Water
  Drought Research
  Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Ecosystems
   
  

  Industrial Toxicologists Develop Cost-Effective, Life-Saving Disinfection

  Industrial toxicologists at a non-profit venture founded by Procter & Gamble developed PUR, a water purifier that combines a flocculant -- which separates particles and organisms from water -- ... > more
• Energy and the Environment
  Renewable Energy
  Energy Technology
  Petroleum
  Energy and Resources
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Biological Engineers Generate Natural Gas with Bacteria

  A new kind of waste digester uses two different strains of bacteria in different tanks. This would normally take place in the same environment, but microbiologists have now separated it into two ... > more
• Recycling and Waste
  Environmental Issues
  Engineering and Construction
  Markets and Finance
  Sustainability
  Engineering
   
  

  RFID-Based Recycling Technology Makes Philadelphia Greener

  Electrical engineers have developed a system that identifies a recycling bin by its household, using Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) chips embedded in the bins. Bins are scanned and weighed ... > more
• Robotics
  Engineering
  Artificial Intelligence
  Robotics Research
  Vehicles
  Technology
   
  

  Engineering Students Build Next-Generation Bathyscaphe

  Computer, electrical, and mechanical engineering students at the University of Florida have built a fully automated underwater vehicle. Driven by five thrusters and controlled by complex electronics, ... > more
• Water
  Hazardous Waste
  Nature of Water
  Environmental Science
  Pollution
  Drought Research
   
  

  Physical Chemists Devise Quick Spectrometry-Based Mercury Test

  Physical chemists have created a new, cheap test to detect mercury, an element known to harm the brain, kidneys, heart, lungs and immune system. A gold nanorod absorbs mercury from a sample and, then ... > more
• Pollution
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Science
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Water
   
  

  Environmental Engineers Link Contamination Levels to Tides

  By washing decomposing plants into the ocean, high tides could contribute to the increased levels of Enterococci that are often responsible for beach closures. Scientists have now established a clear ... > more
• Severe Weather
  Storms
  Tornadoes
  Weather
  Floods
  Geomagnetic Storms
   
  

  Meteorologists Describe Little-Known Giant Windstorms

  Derechos are elongated, straight-lined windstorms that often have bands of rapidly moving thunderstorms associated with it. These little-known atmospheric phenomena often stretch for hundred of miles ... > more

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