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Thirdhand Smoke Continues to be Harmful Long after a Cigarette Has Been Extinguished

Ever walked into a hotel room and smelled old cigarette smoke? While the last smoker may have left the room hours or even days ago, the lingering odors—resulting from noxious residue that clings to walls, carpets, furniture, or dust particles—are thanks to thirdhand smoke.

4 Nov 2014

Inexpensive Tidal Simulation Units Could Help Preserve, Restore Environmentally Important Tidal Wetlands

Rachel MacTavish is growing salt marsh plants in microcosms that replicate the tide. She assembled them in an outdoor greenhouse at the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve in Georgia, USA, with buckets from a hardware store, aquarium tubing, and pumps. Her tidal simulation units could be an important tool for preserving and restoring environmentally important wetlands, because they enable researchers to investigate tidal marsh plant growth in a controlled setting.

3 Nov 2014

Researchers Accurately Measure Concentrations of PCB Pollutants in Ice of Alpine Glacier

As glaciers increasingly melt in the wake of climate change, it is not only the landscape that is affected. Thawing glaciers also release many industrial pollutants stored in the ice into the environment.

3 Nov 2014

Unconventional Oil and Gas Production Releases Air Pollutants Well Over Recommended Levels

Research suggesting air pollutants released by unconventional oil and gas production are well over recommended levels in the US is published today in the open access journal Environmental Health.

31 Oct 2014

Chromium Pollution Decreases Across the UK

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have detailed the changing levels of chromium pollution across the UK Heavy Metals Monitoring Network, which celebrates 10 years of NPL operation this month.

28 Oct 2014

Citizen Scientists with Smartphones Deliver Accurate Data of Atmospheric Dust

Measurements by thousands of citizen scientists in the Netherlands using their smartphones and the iSPEX add-on are delivering accurate data on dust particles in the atmosphere that add valuable information to professional measurements.

28 Oct 2014

Study Findings Help Develop More-Efficient Methods for Detoxifying Dangerous Pollutants

Scientists at The University of Manchester hope a major breakthrough could lead to more effective methods for detoxifying dangerous pollutants like PCBs and dioxins. The result is a culmination of 15 years of research and has been published in Nature. It details how certain organisms manage to lower the toxicity of pollutants.

21 Oct 2014

Reduction of Light Pollution Might Help Mitigate Artificial Light-Induced Fledgling Mortality

Turning the street lights off decreased the number of grounded fledglings, according to a study published October 15, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Airam Rodríguez and colleagues from Phillip Island Nature Parks, in Victoria, Australia, and Estación Biológica de Doñana, in Spain.

16 Oct 2014

Ocean Acidification Will Worsen and Affect Marine Organisms, Ecosystems

NERC-funded scientists at Heriot-Watt University have led a major new international report showing unequivocally that ocean acidification will have significant consequences for marine life, and in turn human society.

9 Oct 2014

Researchers Analyze Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Productivity of Coastal Waters

Scientists have a good understanding of how air pollution impacts human health and the terrestrial biosphere, but what impact does air pollution have on oceans? To help answer this question, this past August, researchers from Penn State's department of meteorology embarked on a three-week, NSF-funded field project to catch and analyze rainwater at sea.

8 Oct 2014

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Thirdhand Smoke Continues to be Harmful Long after a Cigarette Has Been Extinguished

Inexpensive Tidal Simulation Units Could Help Preserve, Restore Environmentally Important Tidal Wetlands

Researchers Accurately Measure Concentrations of PCB Pollutants in Ice of Alpine Glacier

Unconventional Oil and Gas Production Releases Air Pollutants Well Over Recommended Levels

Chromium Pollution Decreases Across the UK

Citizen Scientists with Smartphones Deliver Accurate Data of Atmospheric Dust

Study Findings Help Develop More-Efficient Methods for Detoxifying Dangerous Pollutants

Reduction of Light Pollution Might Help Mitigate Artificial Light-Induced Fledgling Mortality

Ocean Acidification Will Worsen and Affect Marine Organisms, Ecosystems

Researchers Analyze Impact of Nitrogen Deposition on Productivity of Coastal Waters

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