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MIT Researchers Reveal Decline in Mercury Emissions

MIT researchers have some good environmental news: Mercury emissions from human activity have been declining over the past two decades, despite global emissions inventories that indicate otherwise.

9 Oct 2024

Method to Combat Toxic Chemicals in Global Water Supplies

Researchers from Oxford Brookes University have created a brand-new device known as a hydrodynamic reactor to address one of the toxic substances in the world's water supplies.

7 Oct 2024

Study Reveals LNG Exports Have Larger Footprint than Coal

A recent study by Robert W. Howarth explores the hidden environmental costs of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG). This in-depth analysis uncovers the high greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane, throughout LNG's lifecycle and challenges its reputation as a cleaner energy source compared to coal.

7 Oct 2024

The Impact of Microplastics: A Growing Concern

Nasrin Alamdari, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, is determined to understand more about microplastics and their migration, according to a study published in Environmental Pollution.

1 Oct 2024

Nanoplastics Cause Species Extinction in Aquatic Ecosystems

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the effects of nanoplastic on aquatic life in lakes and rivers.

27 Sep 2024

A Numerical Benchmark for Global Marine Plastic Pollution Reduction

Researchers from Kyushu University have, for the first time, given a precise numerical goal for international efforts to combat marine plastic pollution in a study that was published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin.

25 Sep 2024

Coral Species Show Resilience to Ocean Warming and Acidification

Researchers at the UH Hawai?i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Toonen-Bowen “ToBo” Lab have identified scenarios under which eight of the most common species of coral found in Hawai?i can adapt to and survive ocean warming and acidification.

25 Sep 2024

New Technique Reveals Microplastic Contamination in Coral

Researchers at Kyushu University discovered that microplastics are found in coral's anatomical parts: the skeleton, tissue, and surface mucus.

23 Sep 2024

Experts Urge Global Plastic Reduction and Microplastic Control

An international group of experts published in the journal Science that the need for global action to combat all forms of plastic and microplastic debris has never been more urgent.

20 Sep 2024

Climate Crisis Intensifies: Methane Emissions Break Records

According to a new study published in Environmental Research Letters, Stanford researchers found that worldwide methane emissions increased faster than ever in the last five years.

11 Sep 2024