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Groundwater Conservation Policies Trigger Air Pollution in Northwest India

Steps to conserve groundwater in northwestern India have resulted in unanticipated consequences: Increased air pollution in an area already affected by smog and haze.

31 Jul 2019

Health Benefits of Climate Mitigation Policies in China Extend Across the Pacific

Improved air quality in China could prevent nearly 2,000 premature deaths in the U.S.

31 Jul 2019

Study Reveals Movement and Deposition of Atmospheric Pollutants in Remote Glaciers

Trace element contamination and atmospheric deposition are mainly due to anthropogenic emissions, which are likely to be transferred from emission sources to deposition sites worldwide and exert a harmful effect on human health and environment.

29 Jul 2019

Kerosene Lamps Lead to Higher Concentrations of Black Carbon in Air

Compared to those who use electricity, exposure to black carbon particles is 81% more among women in Mozambique who rely on kerosene as the primary source of energy for lighting.

24 Jul 2019

Study Explores the Effect of Smoke on Weather and Climate

A DC-8 flying laboratory developed by NASA was flown recently to initiate an elaborate study into the life cycles of smoke caused by fires in the United States.

23 Jul 2019

New Wastewater Treatment Process Effectively Removes Environmental Hormones

The advanced environmentally-friendly, low-cost, and high-efficiency wastewater processing catalyst produced from agricultural by-product, together with the high efficiency and removal rate realized through the application of ultrasound stimulation, resulted in high expectation for the development of a new environmental hormone removal system.

22 Jul 2019

DePoly Develops New Method for Recycling PET

A chemical-based method for recycling PET containers has been developed by DePoly, a startup based at EPFL’s Valais-Wallis campus.

19 Jul 2019

Researchers Estimate Plastic Pollution in Switzerland

The environment is flooded with plastic, which is not a good sign. Now, for the first time, the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) has directed Empa researchers to estimate the amount of plastic that enters into the environment.

18 Jul 2019

Efforts to Lower Indoor Air Pollution in India

Globally, over three billion people, which is about half the world's population, cook their food using solid fuels like charcoal and firewood on traditional stoves or open fires.

18 Jul 2019

CSIRO Creation Scales up to Tackle Waste

ASPIRE (Advisory System for Processing, Innovation & Resource Exchange) has transitioned out of CSIRO’s Data61, the data and digital specialist arm of Australia’s national science agency, and is scaling its operations nationally to better manage the 67 million tonnes of waste generated in Australia each year.

16 Jul 2019