Pollution News
July 26, 2024
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July 25, 2024 — An international team of researchers has found that nitrogen emissions from fertilizers and fossil fuels have a net cooling effect on the climate. But they warn increasing atmospheric nitrogen has ...
July 24, 2024 — Baby oysters rely on natural acoustic cues to settle in specific environments, but new research reveals that noise from human activity is interfering with this critical ...
July 24, 2024 — Ultrafine particles, UFPs, the smallest contributors to air pollution, hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, a new study shows. The study showed that traffic-related ...
July 24, 2024 — A new study shows an average 20-percent spike of nitrogen dioxide polluting the air for communities located near huge warehouses. And people of color are harder ...
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July 23, 2024 — A prototype device harvests drinking water from the atmosphere, even in arid ...
July 22, 2024 — A new analysis sheds light on major shortfalls of a recently proposed approach to capture CO2 from air and directly convert it to fuel using ...
July 19, 2024 — A new ambient-energy-driven membrane that pumps carbon dioxide out of the air has been developed by ...
July 16, 2024 — New research shows that ozone concentrations at Carlsbad Caverns National Park frequently exceed Environmental Protection Agency health standards, ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study reveals that Storm Ciaran cut an invisible path of mayhem across southern Britain last autumn, destroying any possibility that 20 million people could have a proper cup of tea at ...
July 18, 2024 — The way oil drops break up at the water's surface means some oil may not get cleaned up after a ...
July 18, 2024 — The key to cooling 'urban heat islands' may lie in the countryside, according to a new ...
July 17, 2024 — A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of ...
July 17, 2024 — A large study of 35,000 children from eight countries has found a 'robust' link between exposure to green spaces in early childhood and better lung function. The study used data from 10 European ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers examine the specific impacts of microplastics on the geophysics of sea foam formation in the critical zone where water meets air in the top layer of the ocean. They devised two ...
Earlier Headlines
July 24, 2024 — Researchers reveal there are an estimated 400 billion microplastic fibers on the surface of Frenchman Bay, which borders Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park in Maine, and several connected rivers and ...
July 24, 2024 — Lead levels in moss are as much as 600 times higher in older Portland, Oregon, neighborhoods where lead-sheathed telecommunications cables were once used compared to lead levels in nearby rural ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study has unveiled surprising findings about mercury pollution: where it comes from and how it moves through the environment vary significantly depending on the ecosystem. In drier regions, ...
July 12, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which particles are formed around the ...
July 11, 2024 — Without additional regulation, burning ammonia in ship engines could cause serious impacts on air quality that could result in more than 600,000 additional premature deaths per year, according to new ...
July 11, 2024 — Researchers have found that the key to a quick and cost-effective mapping of biodiversity has been right in front of our eyes all along, but at the same time invisible -- i.e., in the air that ...
July 11, 2024 — Pollinators experienced a 39-percent decline in foraging efficiency after being exposed to elevated air pollution levels. In contrast, plant-eating aphids and other pests were not significantly ...
July 11, 2024 — PFAS, the potentially cancer-causing chemicals known as 'forever chemicals', have become an increasing concern in home drinking water. Solutions to reduce the risk of exposure range from ...
July 8, 2024 — The use of certain substances in batteries is polluting air and ...
July 4, 2024 — Painting roofs white or covering them with a reflective coating would be more effective at cooling cities like London than vegetation-covered 'green roofs,' street-level vegetation or solar ...
July 4, 2024 — Exposure to wind-blown dust from exposed playa of the Utah lake is worse in Hispanic neighborhoods, according to new research. Findings suggest restoring the lake could ease social inequities ...
July 1, 2024 — The process that can convert pollution into benign by-products is called selective catalytic reduction, or SCR. Until now, it has been unclear how this reaction actually occurs, and contradictions ...
June 28, 2024 — A research team has shown that exposure to air pollution during childhood is directly associated with bronchitis symptoms as an adult. To date, many investigations have established air pollution ...
June 28, 2024 — A new study explores waste management systems and reveals that achieving zero waste leakage by 2030 is unlikely, potentially jeopardizing related Sustainable Development Goals. The authors emphasize ...
June 27, 2024 — The Supreme Court ruled last year that rivers that only flow in response to weather events -- called ephemeral streams -- do not fall under the protection of the Clean Water Act. New research ...
June 27, 2024 — Older coastal cities, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston are at risk of being inundated by untreated sewage during floods. Due in part to the design of their combined sewer systems and in part ...
June 26, 2024 — Clean, safe water is a limited resource and access to it depends on local bodies of water. But even dry regions have some water vapor in the air. To harvest small amounts of humidity, researchers ...
June 21, 2024 — Inland seas around the world are drying up due to increasing human water use and accelerating climate change, and their desiccation is releasing harmful dust that pollutes the surrounding areas ...
June 19, 2024 — Roughly one in four U.S. households have soil exceeding the new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's lead screening levels of 200 parts per million (ppm), halved from the previous level of 400 ...
June 18, 2024 — A new study shows soot from large wildfires in California traps sunlight, making days warmer and drier than they ought to ...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
- Waters Along Bar Harbor, Acadia Home to Billions of Microplastics
- Study of Urban Moss Raises Concerns About Lead Levels in Older Portland Neighborhoods
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- Study Finds Health Risks in Switching Ships from Diesel to Ammonia Fuel
- Mapping the World's Fungi from Air Samples
- Air Pollution Harms Pollinators More Than Pests, Study Finds
- Targeted Home Systems to Remove PFAS More Cost-Effective Than System-Wide Solutions
Monday, July 8, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
- Cool Roofs Are Best at Beating Cities' Heat
- How Dust Pollution from Shrinking Great Salt Lake Affects Communities Disproportionately
Monday, July 1, 2024
Friday, June 28, 2024
- Air Pollution Exposure During Childhood Linked Directly to Adult Bronchitis Symptoms
- Drowning in Waste: Pollution Hotspots in Aquatic Environments
Thursday, June 27, 2024
- US Clean Water Act Leaves About 55% of Water Flowing out of Rivers Vulnerable to Pollution
- Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Pose an Acute Challenge for Cities With Combined Sewer Systems
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Friday, June 21, 2024
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024
Thursday, June 13, 2024
- New Fabric Makes Urban Heat Islands More Bearable
- Dolphins With Elevated Mercury Levels in Florida and Georgia
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Mobile Monitoring for an Airborne Carcinogen in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley'
- Site New Care Homes Near Trees and Away from Busy Roads to Protect Residents' Lungs
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Early Life Exposure to Weed Pollen Could Increase Childhood Asthma Risk
- Study Estimates That Between 1980 and 2020, 135 Million Premature Deaths Could Be Linked to Fine Particulate Matter Pollution
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
- 'Painting With Light' Illuminates Photo Evidence of Air Pollution
- Climate Change Will Make Ozone Pollution Worse: Here's How
- Electrified Charcoal 'sponge' Can Soak Up CO2 Directly from the Air
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- Trout in Mine-Polluted Rivers Are Genetically 'isolated'
- Novel Mobile Air Monitoring Technology Yields Greater Insight Into Post-Disaster Pollution Levels
- People Are Altering Decomposition Rates in Waterways
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Antibiotic Pollution Disrupts the Gut Microbiome and Blocks Memory in Aquatic Snails
- A Drying Salton Sea Pollutes Neighboring Communities
- Aerosol Pollution, Greenhouse Gases Must Be Reduced Simultaneously to Keep Forest Fires in Check
- Some Species May Tolerate Climate Change Better Than Expected
- Health Risk from Global Warming Predictor of City Climate Action During COVID-19, Study Finds
- Slugs and Snails Love the City, Unlike Other Animals
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
- Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution Associated With Increased Mental Health Risks
- Inexpensive Microplastic Monitoring Through Porous Materials and Machine Learning
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Renewable Grid: Recovering Electricity from Heat Storage Hits 44% Efficiency
- Shedding Light on the Chemical Enigma of Sulfur Trioxide in the Atmosphere
- The Global Clean Water Crisis Looms Large
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Electric School Buses May Yield Significant Health and Climate Benefits, Cost Savings
- Expanding on the Fundamental Principles of Liquid Movement
Friday, May 17, 2024
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Scientists Want to Know How the Smells of Nature Benefit Our Health
- Climate Change Is Most Prominent Threat to Pollinators
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- New 'forever Chemical' Cleanup Strategy Discovered
- Improved Wildfire Smoke Model Identifies Areas for Public Health Intervention
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Activity in a Room Stirs Up Nanoparticles Left Over from Consumer Sprays
- Climate Change and Mercury Pollution Stressed Plants for Millions of Years
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Frog Species Evolved Rapidly in Response to Road Salts
- Asian Monsoon Lofts Ozone-Depleting Substances to Stratosphere
- Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Coal Train Pollution Increases Health Risks and Disparities
- Fourteen Years After the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Endemic Fishes Face an Uncertain Future
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Global Study Reveals Health Impacts of Airborne Trace Elements
- Exposure to Air Pollution During the First Two Years of Life Is Associated With Worse Attention Capacity in Children
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Scientists Develop Framework to Measure Plastic Emissions and Bolster U.N. Efforts to Reduce Pollution
- Plastic Pollution Can Kill Variety of Ocean Embryos
Monday, April 15, 2024
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Oxidant Pollutant Ozone Removes Mating Barriers Between Fly Species
- Chemicals Stored in Home Garages Linked to ALS Risk
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Novel UV Broadband Spectrometer Revolutionizes Air Pollutant Analysis
- Microplastic 'hotspots' Identified in Long Island Sound
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- A Microbial Plastic Factory for High-Quality Green Plastic
- Tiny Plastic Particles Are Found Everywhere
Monday, April 8, 2024
Friday, April 5, 2024
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Plant-Based Plastic Releases Nine Times Less Microplastics Than Conventional Plastic
- California Leads U.S. Emissions of Little-Known Greenhouse Gas
- Water-Based Paints: Less Stinky, but Some Still Contain Potentially Hazardous Chemicals
- Are Universities Connected to Local Sustainability? A New Study Suggests Yes...and No.
Friday, March 29, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- New Approach to Monitoring Freshwater Quality Can Identify Sources of Pollution, and Predict Their Effects
- Open Waste Burning Linked to Air Pollution in Northwestern Greenland
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Cool Paint Coatings Help Pedestrians Feel Up to 1.5 Degrees Celsius Cooler in Urban Setting
- A Self-Cleaning Wall Paint
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Asian Aerosols' Impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
- Drought, Soil Desiccation Cracking, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: An Overlooked Feedback Loop Exacerbating Climate Change
- Multiple Air Pollutants Linked to Asthma Symptoms in Children
- Curbing Coal-Burning Emissions Translates to Health Gains for Children
- New High-Performance Solar Cell Material