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Reducing Plastic in Gardens

With plastic waste a worldwide problem, consumers are taking steps to reduce use and recycle more household packaging – including in their own backyard.

6 Oct 2021

Study: Nearly 3 Billion People Worldwide Will Still Mainly be Using Polluting Cooking Fuels in 2030

Almost one-in-three people around the world will still be mainly using polluting cooking fuels and technologies– a major source of disease and environmental destruction and devastation – in 2030, new research warned.

5 Oct 2021

New Model to Trace the Fate of Plastic Debris in the Mediterranean Sea

A research team has designed a model to monitor the pathways and fate of plastics in the Mediterranean Sea, generated from land-based sources. The research reveals that plastic debris can be seen across the Mediterranean, starting from beaches and surface waters to seafloors.

4 Oct 2021

Polyethylene Plastic Bags from Big-Box Retailers Release Dissolved Compounds in Sunlight

Although plastics are durable and strong, a little sunlight can split them apart into microscopic pieces and spur reactions, producing new molecules that can end up in the environment.

30 Sep 2021

Study Assesses Air Quality and Health Impacts of Large-Scale Vehicle Electrification in India

Widespread adoption of electric vehicles with robust power plant emission controls and power sector decarbonization policies will yield net air quality and health benefits in every state in India in 2040, a new study finds.

30 Sep 2021

Study Reveals How Mercury Enters Seawater

Industries emit mercury into the air, which first enters the sea. Then, it makes its way into the food chain. Currently, a new study by the University of Basel has shown how the harmful substance enters seawater initially.

30 Sep 2021

Hundreds of Volunteers Take on River Litter at Talk Like a Pirate Day Events Across the UK

The events and activities took place in cities across the UK on 18th and 19th September, as part of the Treasure Your River campaign which aims to raise awareness of marine litter and offer people the opportunity to get involved in litter clearing interventions.

30 Sep 2021

Scientists to Explore if Pollution Increases the Severity of Thunderstorms

A team of atmospheric scientists from around the nation is descending on the Houston, Texas, area for the next 14 months to seek answers to a vexing question: Do tiny specks of soot, dust, smoke, and other particles suspended in Earth's atmosphere help determine the severity of thunderstorms?

28 Sep 2021

Research Lays Out a Blueprint for Hastening the Development of Atmospheric Methane Removal

Earlier this month, President Biden urged other countries to join the U.S. and European Union in a commitment to slashing methane emissions.

27 Sep 2021

Comprehensive Study Explores Link Between First Lockdown and Air Quality in Central Europe

Corona has indirectly ensured better air. During the year 2020, researchers actually measured a decline in pollutant concentrations in the air worldwide.

22 Sep 2021