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Global Water Reservoirs Release Higher Greenhouse Gases than Previously Believed

According to a new study, per-area greenhouse gas emissions from the global water reservoirs are about 29% higher than proposed by earlier studies, but practical measures could be adopted to mitigate that effect. The study has been published in the Global Biogeochemical Cycles journal.

2 Jun 2021

Study Explains the Effect of Swedish Forest Fire on Ecosystem

For four years, Swedish scientists from various institutions, which also included Uppsala University, have been collecting information from the regions impacted by the major forest fire that occurred in 2014.

2 Jun 2021

The Development of an Environmental ‘Swiss Army Knife’ to Tackle Water Pollution

Co-authors Vinayak Dravid and Stephanie Ribet examine their phosphate elimination and recovery substrate. Credit: Northwestern University New research suggests that a membrane-embedded with specific nanostructures cou...

1 Jun 2021

Ice Core Data Shows Why Air Pollution is Reducing Slower than Sulfur Emissions Reductions

Ice core data obtained from Greenland indicates why air pollution has been decreasing slower compared to reductions in sulfur emissions.

1 Jun 2021

Researchers Develop a Way to Repeatedly Remove and Reuse Phosphate from Polluted Waters

Phosphate pollution in rivers, lakes and other waterways has reached dangerous levels, causing algae blooms that starve fish and aquatic plants of oxygen.

1 Jun 2021

Study Detects Plastic in All Marine Habitats at the Galapagos Islands

The Galapagos Islands were found to be polluted with plastic on beaches, in seawater, and within marine animals.

31 May 2021

Plastic Waste may Provide an Economic Boon for Lower-Income Countries

In the past several years, rich nations have shipped plastic trash, and the environmental issues associated with it, to poorer countries.

28 May 2021

New Method Uses Chemical Solution to Measure Microplastics in Sewage

Researchers have started closely analyzing human sewage to identify how best to quantify hidden and potentially harmful plastics.

27 May 2021

Study Shows Fossil Fuel Use has Outsized Impact on River Sediment

According to a new study, fly ash (leftover particles from coal-burning) constitute from 37% to 72% of all particulate organic carbon carried by the Yangtze River in China, or about 200,000 to 400,000 tons of carbon annually.

26 May 2021

New Strategies to Address Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gas Emissions in China

Over the past few years, the clean air policies of China have considerably decreased PM2.5 air pollution. But more than 99% of the Chinese population is still vulnerable to PM2.5 concentrations beyond the World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines of 10 µg/m3.

24 May 2021