How the darkness and the cold killed the dinosaurs
Climate scientists now reconstructed how tiny droplets of sulfuric acid formed high up in the air after the well-known impact of a large asteroid...
Building London’s Houses of Parliament helped create clean-air laws
Britain's dazzling Houses of Parliament building, constructed from 1840 until 1870, is an international icon. But the building's greatest legacy may be something politicians...
New method to remove nickel from contaminated seawater
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Air pollution and lack of physical activity pose competing threats to children in China
Health workers and policymakers need to find ways to address poor air quality and lack of exercise among children in China so that children...
Crystallization method offers new option for carbon capture from ambient air
Scientists have found a simple, reliable process to capture carbon dioxide directly from ambient air, offering a new option for carbon capture and storage...
Zooplankton can rapidly evolve tolerance to road salt
A common species of zooplankton -- the smallest animals in the freshwater food web -- can evolve genetic tolerance to moderate levels of road...
Rocky mountain haze
An atmospheric scientist has found a correlation between the severity of drought in the Intermountain West and the summertime air quality, particularly the concentration...
Standardized analytic protocols will help to assess the amount, quality, and risk of microplastic...
Since the first reports on a dramatic increase in microplastic contamination in the sea twenty years ago, research efforts have intensified worldwide. A new...
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