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Lack of Baseline Data Challenge Evaluation of Environmental Impacts of 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout

In the spring of 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform exploded, initiating an uncontrolled deep-water oil and gas blowout from the Macondo wellhead. The uncontrolled hydrocarbon discharge continued for 85 days and the environmental impacts were substantial.

10 Aug 2015

Adult Corals Exposed to Ocean Acidification May Help Offspring Adjust to Future Climate Change

A new study from scientists at the University of Hawai'i - Mânoa's (UHM) Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) reveals that preconditioning adult corals to increased temperature and ocean acidification resulted in offspring that may be better able to handle those future environmental stressors. This rapid trans-generational acclimatization may be able to "buy time" for corals in the race against climate change.

7 Aug 2015

CU-Boulder's Innovative Microbial Electrolytic Carbon Capture Process Purifies Wastewater in Eco-Friendly Manner

Cleaning up municipal and industrial wastewater can be dirty business, but engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an innovative wastewater treatment process that not only mitigates carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but actively captures greenhouse gases as well.

6 Aug 2015

Continuing CO2 Emission Trends Would Leave Legacy of Heat and Acidity in Deep Ocean

Continuing current carbon dioxide (CO2) emission trends throughout this century and beyond would leave a legacy of heat and acidity in the deep ocean. These changes would linger even if the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration were to be restored to pre-industrial levels at some point in the future, according to a new Nature Climate Change paper from an international team including Carnegie’s Ken Caldeira. This is due to the tremendous inertia of the ocean system.

4 Aug 2015

Test Evaluates Efficiency of Ozonation for Enhanced Wastewater Treatment

Ozone treatment efficiently removes many micropollutants contained in wastewater, but in some cases, it can lead to the formation of toxic byproducts. A new test informs on whether ozonation is a suitable technology for enhanced wastewater treatment.

3 Aug 2015

Soot Pollution on Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau Contributes to Earlier Snowmelt , Shrinking Glaciers

Using a climate model that can tag sources of soot from different global regions and can track where it lands on the Tibetan Plateau, researchers have determined which areas around the plateau contribute the most soot -- and where. The model can also suggest the most effective way to reduce soot on the plateau, easing the amount of warming the region undergoes.

31 Jul 2015

Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Rivers Could Have Been Underestimated

Estimates of how much nitrous oxide, a significant greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance, is being emitted in the central United States have been too low by as much as 40 percent, a new study led by University of Minnesota scientists shows.

29 Jul 2015

Stadium Lighting Could Have Cascading Effects on Organisms and Ecosystem

A new Animal Conservation study shows that sports stadium lighting can alter patterns of bat species activity and feeding, which may in turn have cascading effects on other organisms and the ecosystem as a whole.

27 Jul 2015

Plankton Blooms in Southern Ocean Play Significant Role in Generating Brighter Clouds Overhead

New research using NASA satellite data and ocean biology models suggests tiny organisms in vast stretches of the Southern Ocean play a significant role in generating brighter clouds overhead. Brighter clouds reflect more sunlight back into space affecting the amount of solar energy that reaches Earth's surface, which in turn has implications for global climate. The results were published July 17 in the journal Science Advances.

27 Jul 2015

New Study 'Fingerprints' Emissions from Waste Incinerators to Assess Impact on Pollution Levels

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has contributed to a new study, which 'fingerprints' emissions from UK municipal waste incinerators (MWIs) to assess their impact on air pollution levels.

25 Jul 2015

Pollution News

Lack of Baseline Data Challenge Evaluation of Environmental Impacts of 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout

Adult Corals Exposed to Ocean Acidification May Help Offspring Adjust to Future Climate Change

CU-Boulder's Innovative Microbial Electrolytic Carbon Capture Process Purifies Wastewater in Eco-Friendly Manner

Continuing CO2 Emission Trends Would Leave Legacy of Heat and Acidity in Deep Ocean

Test Evaluates Efficiency of Ozonation for Enhanced Wastewater Treatment

Soot Pollution on Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau Contributes to Earlier Snowmelt , Shrinking Glaciers

Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Rivers Could Have Been Underestimated

Stadium Lighting Could Have Cascading Effects on Organisms and Ecosystem

Plankton Blooms in Southern Ocean Play Significant Role in Generating Brighter Clouds Overhead

New Study 'Fingerprints' Emissions from Waste Incinerators to Assess Impact on Pollution Levels

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