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PFAS: 'Forever Chemicals' and Their Environmental Risk

Now, an Open Access eBook published by UC Davis outlines and identifies key research areas and the effects of PFAs and other POPs on the environment and human and animal health.

12 Apr 2023

Novel Technology Can Remove 10 Gigatons of CO2 from the Atmosphere

A University of Texas at Arlington scientist is attempting to develop a process that uses seawater to eliminate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

12 Apr 2023

Air Pollution Could Increase if Nuclear Power Plants are Shut Down

Nearly 20 percent of today's electricity in the United States comes from nuclear power. The U.S. has the largest nuclear fleet in the world, with 92 reactors scattered around the country. Many of these power plants have run for more than half a century and are approaching the end of their expected lifetimes.

11 Apr 2023

Mitigating Air Pollution: Understanding the Sources and Sinks of OH

Numerous pollutants are emitted into the atmosphere as a result of human activities, and without a molecule called hydroxide (OH), many of these pollutants would continue to aggregate in the atmosphere.

10 Apr 2023

Study Reveals Global Increase of Ozone-Depleting CFC Emissions

"We're paying attention to these emissions now because of the success of the Montreal Protocol," says Luke Western, lead author of the paper and a researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Global Monitoring Laboratory and the University of Bristol.

5 Apr 2023

New Simulation Creates Neighborhood-Scale Estimates of Air Quality in Chicago

If you live along one of the major interstate highways running through Chicago or directly next to Lake Michigan, you are regularly exposed to more air pollution than the rest of the city, a new Northwestern University study has found.

28 Mar 2023

Untreated Wastewater may Contribute to High Methane Emissions in Urban Areas

Research published in Environmental Research Letters has shown that methane emissions from urban areas are underestimated by a factor of three to four and that untreated wastewater may be a contributing factor.

24 Mar 2023

Pushing the Boundaries of Solar Energy With Energy-Generating Rail Tracks

Swiss-based startup, Sun-Ways, has developed an innovative strategy for solar energy infrastructure that uses the space between railway tracks to deploy standard photovoltaic (PV) panels without impeding the movement of trains.

20 Mar 2023

Valuable River Deltas Highly Vulnerable to Imminent Global Environmental Change

The livelihoods of millions of people who live in river deltas, among the world's most productive lands, are at risk. Created where large rivers meet the ocean and deposit their natural sediment load, river deltas are often just a few meters above sea level.

20 Mar 2023

Strategies to Minimize the Effect of Air Pollution on the Skin

New research shows that as wildfires are increasing in frequency, intensity and extent, and affecting air quality across the U.S., they are having a detrimental effect on people with and without skin conditions.

20 Mar 2023