Air pollution impairs function of blood vessels in lungs
Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study in more than 16,000 patients.
Against the tide: A fish adapts quickly to lethal levels of pollution
Evolution is working hard to rescue some urban fish from a lethal, human-altered environment, according to a study. Atlantic killifish living in four polluted East...
Inactive lifestyle linked to ozone-related lung disease
An inactive lifestyle may increase the risk of environmentally induced asthma symptoms. In a new study, researchers found that sedentary rats exposed to varying...
Scientists shed light on the climate-changing desert dust fertilizing our oceans
New research has pinpointed how much phosphate 'fertilizer' is released from dust depending on atmospheric acid levels. The way in which human-made acids in...
Sea spray studied to improve hurricane intensity forecasting
A research team is studying sea spray to help improve forecasting of hurricanes and tropical cyclones. In a recent study, the scientists found that...
Startup to grow fresh 'super-local' food out of recycled shipping containers in Paris
Increasing urbanization, the huge carbon impact of conventionally grown produce, climate change and the resulting rise in food prices has prompted many people to...
Startup to grow fresh 'super-local' food out of recycled shipping containers in Paris
Increasing urbanization, the huge carbon impact of conventionally grown produce, climate change and the resulting rise in food prices has prompted many people to...
Cloud in a box: Mixing aerosols and turbulence
Cleaner clouds also have a much wider variability in droplet size, new research indicates. And the way those droplets form could have serious implications...
Worrying traces of resistant bacteria in air
Polluted city air has now been identified as a possible means of transmission for resistant bacteria. Researchers have shown that air samples from Beijing...
Diplomatic global warming: Environmental cooperation during 1970s helped ease Cold War tensions
Scientific cooperation to address concerns about the environment helped to foster détente between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s, concludes...
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US Energy Department tells staff to stop using the phrases climate change and Paris...
Staff at the US Energy Department were reportedly told to stop using the phrases “climate change”, “emissions reduction” and “Paris Agreement” in all briefings...
EPA seeks to scuttle cleanup of coal power plant pollution.
The Trump administration is once again seeking to scuttle cuts to pollution from coal-fired power plants.The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked a federal...