Urban greening ‘not a panacea’ for dealing with extreme weather
Urban greening is unlikely to provide a single fix for tackling extreme weather events brought on by climate change, scientists have suggested.
Cleaning your car may not protect you from this carcinogen, study finds
It is unlikely that a cancer-causing chemical inside your car, TDCIPP, can be dusted or wiped way, according to new research.
New economic model finds wetlands provide billions in filtration value
Southern Ontario wetlands provide $4.2 billion worth of sediment filtration and phosphorus removal services each year, keeping our drinking water sources clean and helping...
Finding the tipping point for coastal wetlands
Much of North Carolina's Albemarle-Pamlico Peninsula lies just a few feet above sea level, which exposes it to ocean water driven inland by storms...
Lead lurking in your soil? New Chicago project maps distribution
Lead haunts old homes in chipping paint and pipes, but it also lurks outside, in soil. It's the stuff of mud pies and garden...
Sediments a likely culprit in spread of deadly disease on Florida coral reefs, study...
A new study found that seafloor sediments have the potential to transmit a deadly pathogen to local corals and hypothesizes that sediments have played...
Southern Ocean storms cause outgassing of carbon dioxide
Storms over the waters around Antarctica drive an outgassing of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a new international study. The research group...
Can reactor fuel debris be safely removed from Fukushima Daiichi?
Decommissioning and clean-up are ongoing at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP); however, many difficult problems remain unaddressed. Chief amongst these problems is...
Getting hydrogen out of banana peels
Scientists have developed a way to maximize hydrogen yields from biowaste, within few milliseconds. The method uses rapid photo-pyrolysis to produce hydrogen gas and...
Ocean microplastic pollution may be greater than estimated
The great diversity of scientific techniques and methods used in the study of marine microplastics pollution limits the current knowledge of this serious environmental...
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