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New Tool can Help Integrate the Sustainability Issues of Air Pollution and Climate Action

As America's largest investment to fight climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act positions the country to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

27 Oct 2022

Impact of Light Pollution on Night-Migrating Birds

Birds that migrate at night often face risk on their journeys. Aside from the higher risk of collisions with buildings or communication towers, light pollution adds additional hazard.

26 Oct 2022

A New Approach to Eliminate Air Pollution Disparities

A team led by researchers at the University of Washington compared three potential strategies for reducing fine particulate matter pollution disparities across the contiguous U.S.

25 Oct 2022

Reducing Air Pollution With Real-Time Air Quality Readings

A new study co-led by The University of Queensland has discovered that sharing real-time air quality readings can help to decrease air pollution in developing countries and result in lower mortality rates.

25 Oct 2022

Groundbreaking Research on the Impact of Microplastic Pollution in Oceans Awarded the Volvo Environment Prize 2022

Small pieces of plastics are widely spread all over the world's oceans and ingested by living creatures. Microplastics are found in zooplankton, fish, seabirds, whales, seals, and also in humans.

25 Oct 2022

X-57 Maxwell - NASA’s First Electric Aircraft

NASA has recently announced that its all-electric aircraft, the X-57 Maxwell, has overcome yet another obstacle on its journey to becoming a viable alternative to conventional aircraft powered by fossil fuels.

24 Oct 2022

New Way to Vacuum Out Greenhouse Gases and Create a Cleaner Atmosphere

Answering that question is a critical step in slowing the devastating effects of global climate change. A mechanical engineer from NAU is on the front lines of creating the machine that will, in a way, vacuum out greenhouse gases and create a cleaner atmosphere.

20 Oct 2022

Emissions from Ship Scrubbers can Cause a Major Environmental Problem

The Baltic Sea is considered one of the world's most polluted seas. Now, new research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, reveals a relatively unknown environmental culprit.

20 Oct 2022

Overcoming the Challenge of Soil Pollution

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a new method for tracking and measuring how polymer biodegrades, if at all, in soil.

17 Oct 2022

Hybridizing Diesel Engines to Cut Carbon Emissions

Research engineers in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, have managed to successfully convert a conventional diesel engine to a hybrid hydrogen-diesel engine with the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 85%.

11 Oct 2022