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Microplastics: A Major Threat to Food Production and Farming

Researchers at Staffordshire University are conducting studies to determine the extent of plastic pollution in agricultural soils and its global effects.

18 Aug 2022

Monsoon ‘Pulls’ Chemical Pollutants that Accelerate Climate Change into the Upper Atmosphere

While the Asian monsoon brings rain that is vital for the agricultural economy of the vast region, it is also known to suck up into the upper atmosphere chemical pollutants that accelerate climate change.

16 Aug 2022

Researchers Receive Funding to Build a System that Selectively Removes and Destroys PFAS

The National Alliance for Water Innovation of the US Department of Energy has given engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago just over $1 million to develop a system that selectively eliminates and annihilates poly- and perfluorinated substances, also known as PFAS and referred to as “forever chemicals,” from industrial and municipal wastewaters.

2 Aug 2022

Bacteria Has the Potential to Eradicate Plastic Pollution from Lakes

Some naturally produced lake bacteria grow quicker and more effectively on the remnants of plastic bags than on natural matter such as leaves and twigs, according to a study of 29 European lakes.

27 Jul 2022

Biodegradable Silk: An Eco-Friendly Alternative to Microplastics

A research team at MIT has recently designed a silk-based system that could help easily produce an inexpensive substitute for microplastics.

25 Jul 2022

Hydrogen the Only Solution for Some Zero-emission Haulage, Whitepaper Finds

Today, the H2Accelerate collaboration has published a new whitepaper in support of the use of hydrogen in long-haul trucking, based on focus group discussions with truck end-users and logistics providers.

20 Jul 2022

Researchers Analyze How Liquid Manure from Livestock Farming Affects Its Nitrogen Footprint

Factory farming for meat production is harmful to the environment. In addition to its direct emissions of methane, its use of liquid manure releases climate-damaging nitrogen compounds such as ammonia and nitrous oxide into the atmosphere and pollutes the groundwater with nitrates.

19 Jul 2022

Waste Warning: Recycling Rates Drop in Over Half of Local Authorities in England

A new study finds that 53% of local authorities in England have seen a drop in household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting over the last five years.

15 Jul 2022

Research Team Detects High Levels of Microplastic Pollution in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench

High levels of microplastic pollution have been detected by a research team in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.

13 Jul 2022

Study Examines the Potential for Underwater Noise Pollution from Deep-Sea Mining

New research published today in the peer-reviewed journal Science examines the potential for underwater noise pollution from seabed mining operations, which could affect the understudied species that live in the deep sea-;the largest habitat on Earth.

8 Jul 2022