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New York City's Clean Heat Program Found to be Effective in Reducing Air Pollution

In 2012, New York City established the Clean Heat Program to eliminate the use of residual heating oil which had been identified as a major source of air pollution in the City and linked to multiple adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease.

9 Dec 2021

Thawing Permafrost Releases Nitrous Oxide, a Greenhouse Gas

Nitrous oxide (N2O) follows carbon dioxide and methane as the third-most significant greenhouse gas. It is a nearly 300 times powerful warming agent per unit mass compared to carbon dioxide. Microbial activity is the source for the production of nitrous oxide in soils.

8 Dec 2021

CDU Joins Project to Recycle Bromine and Antimony from Plastics

Charles Darwin University (CDU) is joining with The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA) and the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) in Al Ain to develop new processes for recovering and recycling bromine and antimony from flame-retarded plastics.

8 Dec 2021

New Data Shows Traffic Pollution Level Rose by Nearly a Third in Glasgow During COP26

New data released today by Aeternum, a provider of low cost, unplugged sensors designed to accurately monitor air quality, finds that levels of the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide increased by nearly a third within a mile of COP26 in Glasgow last month.

8 Dec 2021

New Type of Induced Earthquake Triggered by Hydraulic Fracturing

A research team from Canada and Germany has identified a novel kind of earthquake signal in the vicinity of injection wells characterized by hybrid-frequency waveforms (EHWs).

7 Dec 2021

High Blood Pressure Could be Due to Long-Term Particulate Matter Pollution

According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is the greatest health hazard globally, causing over 4.2 million deaths per year.

6 Dec 2021

Trees in the Amazon Wetland Areas are a Significant Source of Methane

After reaching the atmosphere, methane causes more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years. While CO2 has a longer-lasting effect, methane sets the pace in the near term. At least 25% of today’s warming is thought to be led by anthropogenic methane production.

6 Dec 2021

Research Proposes a New Perspective on the Carbon Neutrality of Wastewater Treatment Industry

This study is led by Professor Nianzhi Jiao (State Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Science, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University), Professor Yao Zhang, and Dr. Zongqing Lv. In previous study, Jiao et al. found that the use of chemical oxygen demand (COD) in natural water bodies as a monitoring indicator of organic matter is misleading, and could judge refractory dissolved organic matter (RDOM) in water bodies as pollutants.

6 Dec 2021

Researchers Reveal Carbon Footprint of Plastics is Constantly Growing

ETH scientists investigated the global plastics value chain and revealed that the effect of plastics on health and climate is bigger than formerly believed because of the increased use of coal for electricity, process heat, and as a raw material in production.

3 Dec 2021

Electric Vehicles can be a Safety Concern to Visually Impaired People

Electric vehicles are so quiet and tend to reduce sound pollution. However, they can be of safety concern, especially for the visually impaired. To tackle this, many governments have commissioned the addition of artificial sounds to electric vehicles.

1 Dec 2021