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Reduced Insect Biodiversity Linked to Climate Change and Land Use

A new study performed by the researchers of the University College London (UCL) finds that intensive agricultural land use and climate change have earlier been accountable for a 49% decrease in the number of insects in the majorly impacted parts of the world.

21 Apr 2022

Residential Air Pollutants Linked to Elevated Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Young Adults

An observational study of young adults performed in Stockholm, Sweden, shows that the exposure of residents to ambient air pollutants has been associated with an increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

21 Apr 2022

Efficient Systems to Minimize the Odorous Impact of Sewage Treatment Plants

Corrupting wastewater pollution through mechanical aeration leads to fewer odorous compounds compared with intensive systems, suggests a new study.

20 Apr 2022

Study Shows Link Between Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Susceptibility

According to a research article published recently in eLife, researchers have discovered a mechanism that enlightens how fine air pollution particles may lead to lung cancer.

20 Apr 2022

Scientists Predict How Oil and Gas Wells Heat Up the Permafrost in the Arctic region

Skoltech scientists and their partners from Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience of RAS, with support from the R&D unit of TotalEnergies, have predicted how oil and gas wells heat up the permafrost around them.

20 Apr 2022

Study Predicts Thawing of Gas-saturated Permafrost Around Oil and Gas Wells of Russian Arctic

20 Apr 2022

Microplastics in the Food Chain

Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular and more remote beaches.

20 Apr 2022

Microplastics are Finding Their Way into Human Food Supplies

Plastic rubbish has been found all over the place and currently, broken-down microplastics are discovered in variable concentrations in water and blue mussels and inside the intertidal zone at a few of the most famous and highly remote beaches in southern Australia.

19 Apr 2022

PLA Plastics Do Not Degrade in the Marine Environment Any Faster Than Plastics

A new study headed by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) in Barcelona, in which the Instituto de Investigaciones Mariñas (IIM-CSIC) in Vigo has also participated, has disclosed the fact that PLA plastic, of biological and biodegradable origin, does not degrade in the marine environment any faster compared to plastics obtained from petroleum—polystyrene, polystyrene, or polyethylene.

13 Apr 2022

Study Discusses Drinking Water, Fracking and Infant Health

For the first-ever time, a new study recorded the pollution of public water supplies caused as a result of shale gas development. This is generally called fracking and it has a negative impact on infant health.

12 Apr 2022