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Light Pollution Affects Wildlife and Ecosystems

Artificial night time light from sources such as street lamps affects the growth and flowering of plants and even the number of insects that depend on those plants for food, a study published today confirms.

17 Mar 2015

Special Issue Delves into the Long-Term Impacts of Fracking on Health, Environment

Marcellus shale extraction and its potential negative effects on the environment is the subject of a recently published special issue in the Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. This issue, comprised of eight different papers, delves into the long term consequences fracking has on people, animals, and the environment.

16 Mar 2015

Thermal Hydrolysis of Food Waste May Double Anaerobic Digester Throughput and Reduce Ammonia Concentrations

New research published today (Wednesday 11th March) by AeroThermal Group shows that pre-treating food waste with acombination of steam and pressure, in a machine known as an autoclave, will double the throughput of an anaerobic digester and significantly reduce the amount of ammonia concentrations by denaturing proteins. The trials have been run over 580 days to date.

12 Mar 2015

Two Environmental Pollutants Have Adverse Effects on Infants' Development

Even though the levels of two environmental pollutants have declined over the last 20 years, they may still have adverse effects on children's development, according to a new study by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. This is the largest study of environmental pollutants and infant growth to date.

9 Mar 2015

CsTolen A Compound Helps Protect Crops from Radiation-Contaminated Soil

Almost four years after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, farmland remains contaminated with higher-than-natural levels of radiocesium in some regions of Japan, with cesium-134 and cesium-137 being the most troublesome because of the slow rate at which they decay.

6 Mar 2015

New Patented Technology Could Significantly Reduce Pollution Worldwide

A new provisionally patented technology from a New Mexico State University researcher could revolutionize carbon dioxide capture and have a significant impact on reducing pollution worldwide.

5 Mar 2015

Traffic-Related Air Pollution Slows Cognitive Development among School Children

Attendance at schools exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution is linked to slower cognitive development among 7-10-year-old children in Barcelona, according to a study published by Jordi Sunyer and colleagues from the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Spain, published in this week's PLOS Medicine.

5 Mar 2015

Significant Water Vapor in Smog Comes from Fossil-Fuel Combustion

The chemical signature of water vapor emitted by combustion sources such as vehicles and furnaces has been found in the smoggy winter inversions that often choke Salt Lake City. The discovery may give researchers a new tool to track down the sources of pollutants and climate-changing carbon dioxide gas.

4 Mar 2015

Climate Change Could Worsen Impact of Pollution on Wildlife

The impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new study published today in the journal PNAS.

4 Mar 2015

Satellite ‘Superhero Vision’ Helps Visualise Pollution Levels of Water on Earth

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way to assess the quality of water on Earth from space by using satellite technology that can visualise pollution levels otherwise invisible to the human eye through ‘Superhero vision’.

3 Mar 2015