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Study Shows the Effects of Air Pollution on Mating Behavior in Flies

Insect sexual communication relies to a significant extent on pheromones, chemical attractants that specifically allow males and females of a species to mate.

16 Mar 2023

Sampling Soot-Based Aerosol Particles to Understand How Wildfires Affect Earth’s Climate

Not many people would voluntarily fly through plumes of smoke emitted from wildfires.

15 Mar 2023

Scientists Investigate How Microplastics Alter N Availability in Soil

Plastic films are among the most significant sources of terrestrial microplastics (MPs), forming unique microbial niches in soils known as plastispheres.

13 Mar 2023

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