Geologists mapped how metal pollutants have traveled across the city
Pittsburgh's steel industry may be largely in the past, but its legacy lives on in city soils. Geologists now show how historical coking and...
Grimy windows could be harboring toxic pollutants
Dirty windows can harbor potentially harmful pollutants under protective films of fatty acids from cooking emissions -- and these can hang around over long...
Planting trees not always an effective way of binding carbon dioxide
Tree-planting has been widely seen as an effective way of binding carbon as carbon dioxide levels rise in the atmosphere. But now researchers are...
New way found to turn number seven plastic into valuable products
A method to convert a commonly thrown-away plastic to a resin used in 3D-printing could allow for making better use of plastic waste.
Climate change is increasing frequency of fish mass die-offs
Using data collected from more than 500 previous fish die-offs from lakes across Wisconsin and Michigan, researchers use modeling to predict increasing frequency of...
Air pollution is associated with heart attacks in non-smokers
Research supports a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks since smokers, who already inhale smoke, were unaffected by dirty air.
Tracking air pollution disparities — daily — from space
Studies have shown that pollution disproportionately affects communities where economically disadvantaged people and Hispanic, Black and Asian people live. Scientists have begun documenting these...
Plastic upcycling: From waste to fuel for less
Plastic upcycling efficiently converts plastics to valuable commodity chemicals while using less of the precious metal ruthenium. The method could recycle waste plastic pollution...
What happens to the waste after an oil spill clean up?
Images of damaged coastlines, oily sheens, containment booms and endangered wildlife are part of every offshore oil spill. And while a response team arrives...
Improving the estimation of microplastic concentrations in freshwater environments
Microplastic (MP) contamination is a worldwide concern. Despite this, there is no standard method for assessing MP concentrations in rivers, which are the main...
Latest news
Popular Articles
Reasons for Japan to dump nuclear power more obvious now than ever.
It has been nearly six years since the triple-meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. Two things seem symbolic of this time: the...
Pruitt's political friends come to lobby.
Glenn Coffee and Crystal Coon, both associates from U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's political days in Oklahoma, have registered to lobby in Washington. Photo...
Hydrology: Increasing river flood risk
Earth's Future http://doi.org/bzpc (2017)
GARY DYSON / ALAMY STOCK PHOTO
The hydrological cycle is predicted to strengthen with global warming, increasing the amount and intensity of...
Cosumnes River provides model for floodplain restoration in California.
With California’s surface drought over, the state can prioritize investing in groundwater recharge and floodplain restoration to help fight one of its biggest lingering...
Cold-water corals: Acidification harms, warming promotes growth
The cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa is able to counteract negative effects of ocean acidification under controlled laboratory conditions when water temperature rises by a...