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Fourth Purification Stage in Wastewater Treatment Helps Protect Aquatic Organisms

Aquatic organisms could be endangered by tiny amounts of toxins in lakes & rivers. Recently, the public has become more aware of this issue.

27 Jul 2018

Researchers Address Need to Protect the Earth from Harmful Impacts of Chemicals

An innovative research has shown that emergent transformation is required to control the detrimental effect of chemicals on the environment.

27 Jul 2018

Study Highlights Key Questions to Sustainably Manage the Environmental Risks in Europe

Which areas have more pollutants? What are the most destructive chemical products? How can people protect natural ecosystems and biodiversity?

27 Jul 2018

New Solution Integrates Control and Cleaning of Stormwater with Ecological, Recreational Benefits

Flooding, on the rise due to climate change, can devastate urban areas and result in drawn-out, costly repairs. Cities are in dire need of new strategies to manage the influx of stormwater.

13 Jul 2018

New Acidimicrobiaceae Bacterium A6 Could Prevent Water Pollution

Although sewage treatment could be a trivial job, bacteria are always gladly doing it. Sewage plants are dependent on bacteria to eliminate environmental toxins from waste to ensure that the processed water can be securely discharged into rivers and oceans.

12 Apr 2018

Harvesting of Wood Pellets Might Prove Detrimental to the Survival of Ecosystems

William Schlesinger has reported in an Insights article published in Science, that a return to firewood would prove detrimental to forests and the climate.

29 Mar 2018

Increased UV From Ozone is Sterilizing Trees

Ozone depletion may have contributed to the mass extinction 252 million years ago - exposing pine trees to UV radiation leaves them temporarily sterile.

20 Feb 2018

Study Reveals Climate Change-Induced Shifts in Soil in Antarctic Regions

In a study covering twenty years, researchers observed dwindling numbers of nematodes, soil fauna, and other animal species in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.

8 Jan 2018

Research Provides Fuller Picture of Large Methane Emissions from Amazon Floodplain Trees

New research solves mystery of missing methane source in the Amazon Rainforest. Environmental scientists from The Open University (OU) have discovered that trees growing in the Amazon floodplains surrounding the Amazon River emit as much methane (CH4) into the atmosphere as all of the world’s oceans.

6 Dec 2017

Hydropower has Worst Environmental Impact Out of Renewable Energy Sources

Worldwide, many countries have been encouraging a change from using fossil fuels to adopting renewable sources of energy. Yet, authors of a research published on October 24, 2017 emphasize specific ecological risks of adopting “green” energy.

26 Oct 2017