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Estimating the Amount of Small Plastics in the Ocean Surface Layer

According to recent research carried out by Marcus Eriksen of the 5 Gyres Institute, USA, and co-workers, a worldwide dataset of ocean plastic pollution between 1979 and 2019 discloses a rapid and widespread upsurge in ocean plastics since 2005.

9 Mar 2023

Understanding the Toxicity Mechanism of PET Exposure

PET, the plastic utilized in making bottles, is widespread in the natural environment. In a collaborative study, researchers from Leipzig University and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) evaluated the negative impacts that tiny plastic PET particles can have on an organism’s metabolism and development.

9 Mar 2023

Impact of Microplastic Waste on the Marine Environment is not Well Understood, Say Scientists

As millions of tonnes a year of microplastic waste mounts in marine environments, Flinders University scientists warn the ramifications to wildlife, food webs and human health are still little understood.

9 Mar 2023

New MIT Study Shows How Wildfires can Deplete the Ozone Layer

A wildfire can pump smoke up into the stratosphere, where the particles drift for over a year.

9 Mar 2023

Food Stored in Fluorinated Containers Poses Significant Risks

The University of Notre Dame scientists are expanding their list of consumer products containing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a toxic class of fluorine compounds called “forever chemicals.”

8 Mar 2023

New Activated Carbon Filters Reduce NO2 Inside Vehicles

A low-cost charcoal air filter can decrease nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels inside vehicles by up to 90% when contrasted to levels outside the vehicle.

7 Mar 2023

Carbios Joins Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circular Economy Network and Aims to "Make Plastic Waste and Pollution a Thing of the Past"

Carbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastics and textiles, announces its membership of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Network.

7 Mar 2023

Additive Reduces the Emission of Greenhouse Gases from Slurry

Greenhouse gases act like a layer of window glass in the atmosphere: They prevent heat from being radiated from the Earth's surface into space. Methane does that 28 times as effectively as carbon dioxide - it is (to stay in the picture) a kind of invisible double glazing.

6 Mar 2023

Determining the Risks Posed by Aerosolized Coastal Water Pollution

According to recent research guided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, coastal water pollution transfers to the atmosphere in the form of sea spray aerosol, which can reach people other than beachgoers, surfers, and swimmers.

3 Mar 2023

Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Wildfires Increased Drastically to a Record High in 2021

Carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires, which have been gradually increasing since 2000, spiked drastically to a record high in 2021, according to an international team of researchers led by Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine.

3 Mar 2023