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Mobile-Phone Data Helps Track Exposure to Pollution in Urban Settings

Mobile-Phone Data Helps Track Exposure to Pollution in Urban Settings

What’s the best way to measure human exposure to urban pollution? Typically, cities do so by studying air-quality levels in fixed places. New York City, for example, has an extensive monitoring network that measures air quality in 155 locations.

2 Sep 2016

Study Reveals Thunderstorms Cause Mercury to Spread

Study Reveals Thunderstorms Cause Mercury to Spread

Afternoon thunderstorms are a regular feature on summer days in the south of the United States. However, according to a new study these storms do not only bring lightning and thunder, they are also moving considerable quantities of mercury to the ground.

1 Sep 2016

Scientists Use Research Aircraft to Detect Pollution-Causing Organic Materials on West African Atmosphere

Scientists Use Research Aircraft to Detect Pollution-Causing Organic Materials on West African Atmosphere

Scientists operating research aircraft over West Africa have detected organic materials in the atmosphere over a number of urban areas, contributing to concerns of the rise in pollution across the region.

1 Sep 2016

Researchers Discover How Methylmercury Enters Antarctic Sea and Bioaccumulates in Marine Food Web

Researchers Discover How Methylmercury Enters Antarctic Sea and Bioaccumulates in Marine Food Web

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) assisted a team from the University of Melbourne (link is external) in discovering how methylmercury enters the Antarctic sea and bioaccumulates in the marine food web.

1 Sep 2016

New Study Challenges Widely Held Assumption that Biofuels are Inherently Carbon Neutral

New Study Challenges Widely Held Assumption that Biofuels are Inherently Carbon Neutral

A new study from University of Michigan researchers challenges the widely held assumption that biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon neutral.

26 Aug 2016

Scientists Discover New Technique to Convert Emissions into Energy-Rich Fuel Using Silicon

Scientists Discover New Technique to Convert Emissions into Energy-Rich Fuel Using Silicon

Annually, humans cause the discharge of around 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, resulting in advancement of global warming and climate change, which will ultimately lead to the extinction of the human race.

26 Aug 2016

NASA Scientists Set Out to Study Aerosol-Cloud Interactions at the Coast of Namibia

NASA Scientists Set Out to Study Aerosol-Cloud Interactions at the Coast of Namibia

NASA scientists and two research aircraft are on their way to a unique natural laboratory off the Atlantic coast of southwest Africa to study a major unknown in future climate prediction.

25 Aug 2016

New Technique for Producing Synthetic Rubber Could Reduce Pollution

New Technique for Producing Synthetic Rubber Could Reduce Pollution

Scrap tires have been a feature on environmentalists blacklists for many years now. The tires have caused huge toxic fires, collect in landfills, get burnt for fuel and harbor pests.

25 Aug 2016

PTM Announces Completion of New Polystyrene Recycling Facility in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico

PTM Announces Completion of New Polystyrene Recycling Facility in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico

PTM Images®, a leading manufacturer of home décor and furnishings, announces the completion of its new polystyrene recycling facility in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico.

24 Aug 2016

Researchers Reveal Cold Starts as Culprits of High Tailpipe Emissions and Pollution

Researchers Reveal Cold Starts as Culprits of High Tailpipe Emissions and Pollution

Car emissions is a high-stakes issue, as last year’s Volkswagen scandal demonstrated. Pressure to meet tightening standards led the carmaker to cheat on emissions tests.

23 Aug 2016

mipTOF: High-Power Trace Element and Metal Analysis

mipTOF: High-Power Trace Element and Metal Analysis

Discover the mipTOF for fast and high-quality trace element and metals analysis in the air.

From TOFWERK

The MPA Horizon Next-Gen Membrane Permeation Analyzer

The MPA Horizon Next-Gen Membrane Permeation Analyzer

The MPA Horizon Next-Gen Membrane Permeation Analyzer delivers advanced gas and vapor permeation analysis for membranes and barrier films.

From Surface Measurement Systems Ltd

PSM Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolyser Stack Module: up to 2,020 Nm³/h

PSM Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolyser Stack Module: up to 2,020 Nm³/h

With state-of-the-art Proton Exchange Membrane stacks, PSM Series electrolysers ensure economical, high-purity hydrogen production for large-scale applications.

From Nel Hydrogen

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