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Study Investigates Impact of Microplastics on the Environment

Although almost all have seen images such as sea birds in danger of going extinct due to their belly full of plastic garbage and accumulation of plastics as big as islands, there are also plastic particles that are hardly visible to the naked eye—microplastics.

14 May 2019

Accumulation of Marine Plastic Pollution Poses a Major Threat to Coastal Ecosystems

According to a recent study from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), mangrove forests located on the coasts of Saudi Arabia serve as litter traps, accruing large amounts of plastic litter from the marine environment.

14 May 2019

Scientists Strategize Ways to Reduce Carbon Footprint of Waste Plastic

From campaigns against microplastics to news of the great Pacific garbage patch, public awareness is growing about the outsized effect plastic has on the world’s oceans. However, its effect on the air is far less obvious.

13 May 2019

Study Sheds Light on Wintertime Air Pollution

The processes that cause ozone pollution in the summer can also cause the formation of wintertime air pollution, according to a new research from scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA, in collaboration with the University of Utah.

10 May 2019

Global Plan for New Rating System and Universal Standards for Space Waste Mitigation

Space is becoming more and more crowded, even as man’s societal reliance on space technology is more than ever before.

8 May 2019

New Desalination Method for Hypersaline Brines Could Address the Growing Water Challenges

Hypersaline brines—water that consists of high concentrations of dissolved salts and with saline levels more than ocean water—are a rising environmental concern worldwide.

7 May 2019

Imperial College to Collaborate with Arborea to Develop “BioSolar Leaf” Technology

Imperial College London and start-up Arborea are set to form a partnership for developing revolutionary “BioSolar Leaf” technology to enhance the air quality in White City.

30 Apr 2019

Studying Air Pollutants in Ulaanbaartar City, the Coldest City in the World

Mongol–Japanese scientists from the National University of Mongolia and Kanazawa University carried out the first detailed investigation of organic air contaminants in Ulaanbaartar city.

26 Apr 2019

Startups Targeting Methane and Wastewater Named Co-Winners of MIT Water Innovation Prize

A startup with a cheap technology for purifying textile wastewater and another with a system to help reduce methane emissions from cattle were named co-winners of the MIT Water Innovation Prize on Thursday.

24 Apr 2019

Researchers Develop New Air Purification Method Based on Photocatalysis

Little Estonia is always proud of its clean air. Clean air has been known, jokingly, as one of the most significant export things of Estonia. But unfortunately, the environment, including the atmosphere, in Estonia is becoming more and more contaminated.

24 Apr 2019