Globally, the coastal lagoons of Lagos (Nigeria), Sakumo (Ghana) and Bizerte (Tunisia) --close to large urban centres and without waste and sewage treatment systems-- are among the most affected water ecosystems of this nature by microplastic pollution.
Researchers in Ehime University (Japan) investigated the contamination levels and composition profiles of halogenated and phosphorous flame retardants in settled dust from informal waste processing sites in Vietnam, and detected the emerging flame retardants organophosphate esters (OPEs) at higher concentrations than those of the legacy brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in the end-of-life vehicle (ELV) processing site.
In Singapore, small particles in air pollution may have resulted in sudden cardiac arrests in a few people who were not in the hospital but just going through their normal lives, as per researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School collaborating with the National Environment Agency (NEA) as part of the Pan-Asian Resuscitation Outcomes Study (PAROS).
Scientists and collaborators from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) doubt that a high number of plastics has been transported in flowing waters compared to what was thought earlier and are currently developing new modeling approaches.
Carbon emissions from lakes, rivers, and reservoirs include a huge proportion of the carbon cycle worldwide. New studies on carbon release from inland waters in China have concentrated on single rivers or lakes, and the fundamental factors driving carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions remain vague.
One of the most notable climate change provisions in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act is the first U.S. federal tax on a greenhouse gas (GHG). That the fee targets methane (CH4), rather than carbon dioxide (CO2), emissions is indicative of the urgency the scientific community has placed on reducing this short-lived but powerful gas.
The Plasticker project has been initiated by scientists to provide comprehensive information on the presence of microparticles in cities.
According to the Paris Agreement, nations must monitor greenhouse gas emissions at the level of individual “super emitters,” such as power plants, in almost real-time.
A new study has found that more frequent and intense western wildfires are not only impacting the air quality and visibility in surrounding areas, but also as far away as the East Coast.
Greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere from electronic devices and their associated electronic waste increased by 53 percent between 2014 and 2020, including 580 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2020 alone, according to University of California, Irvine researchers.
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