How urban environment influences physical activity in COPD patients
The physical activity and exercise capacity of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) appear to be related to population density, pedestrian street length,...
Air pollution tips the scale for obesity in women
Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to exercise regularly.
Flaring allows more methane into the atmosphere than we thought
Oil and gas producers rely on flaring to limit the venting of natural gas from their facilities, but new research shows that in the...
Air pollution linked to trajectory of stroke
Air pollution has been widely associated with an increased risk of stroke. A new study looks at the role of air pollution on the...
Study shows how turtles fared decade after oil spill
Twelve years after an oil spill coated nearly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River, new research confirms that turtles rehabilitated in the aftermath of...
Indoor air quality experiments show exposure risks while cooking, cleaning
When you're cooking or cleaning inside your home, what chemicals are you breathing, and are they potentially harmful? Chemists have given us a solid...
A sea change for plastic pollution: New material biodegrades in ocean water
Seeking solutions to counteract a rapid rise in plastic trash, scientists have developed biodegradable material that is designed to replace conventionally used plastic. An...
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...
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