How does municipal waste collection affect climate change?
Researchers suggest a new methodology to assess the environmental impact of the containers used for the collection of urban waste.
Banned chemicals pass through umbilical cord from mother to baby, research finds
Trace amounts of flame retardants, banned in the US for more than a decade, are still being passed through umbilical cord blood from mothers...
Study of US seniors strengthens link between air pollution and premature death
A new study of 60 million Americans -- about 97 percent of people age 65 and older in the United States -- shows that...
Biofuel from waste: Zeolite catalysts pave the road to decentralized chemical processes
Fuel from waste? It is possible. But hitherto, converting organic waste to fuel has not been economically viable. Excessively high temperatures and too much...
Concurrent hot and dry summers more common in future
In the past, climate scientists have tended to underestimate the risk of a co-occurrence of heatwave and drought. This is the conclusion of one...
‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions
Researchers have developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be a reliable indicator of future eruptions.
More summer sunshine leading to increased Greenland ice melt
A marked decrease in summer cloud cover during the last 20 years has significantly accelerated melt from the Greenland ice sheet, a team of...
Turning the climate tide by 2020
The world needs high-speed climate action for an immediate bending -- down of the global greenhouse -- gas emissions curve, leading experts caution. Aggressive...
Bacteria-coated nanofiber electrodes clean pollutants in wastewater
Researchers may have created an innovative, cost-competitive electrode material for cleaning pollutants in wastewater.
Boaty McBoatface returns home from abyss
Researchers have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth - known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) - during...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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