Clean Water Act dramatically cut pollution in US waterways
The 1972 Clean Water Act has driven significant improvements in US water quality, according to the first comprehensive study of water pollution over the...
Newly discovered bacterium rids problematic pair of toxic groundwater contaminants
Researchers have detailed the discovery of the first bacterium known capable of simultaneously degrading the pair of chemical contaminants -- 1,4-Dioxane and 1,1-DCE.
Trapping toxic compounds with ‘molecular baskets’
Researchers have developed designer molecules that may one day be able to seek out and trap deadly nerve agents and other toxic compounds in...
Success is sweet: Researchers unlock the mysteries of the sugarcane genome
For centuries, sugarcane has supplied human societies with alcohol, biofuel, building and weaving materials, and the world's most relied-upon source of sugar. Now, researchers...
Easter Island inhabitants collected freshwater from the ocean’s edge in order to survive
Ancient inhabitants of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) maintained a society of thousands by utilizing coastal groundwater discharge as their main source of 'freshwater,' according...
Lessons from Dutch geological history might be useful for other present-day deltas
Even long before medieval inhabitants reclaimed land and raised dykes at a large scale, humans have had a strong impact on river behavior in...
Increase in plastics waste reaching remote South Atlantic islands
The amount of plastic washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is 10 times greater than it was a decade ago,...
A step towards biological warfare with insects?
A project by a research agency of the US Department of Defense could easily be misused for developing biological weapons, according to researchers.
For wineries, competition boosts profits from sustainability
An international study of small- to medium-sized wineries and vineyards finds that the more sustainability practices a winery has in place, the better its...
UNFCCC Secretariat Welcomes IPCC’s Global Warming of 1.5°C Report
Statement on the Summary for Policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C:
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