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Research Links Worsening Trend of Poor Air Quality Events in Western US to Wildfire Activity

From the Pacific Northwest to the Rocky Mountains, summers in the West are marked by wildfires and smoke.

3 May 2021

New Tool Holds Potential to Increase the Effectiveness of Environmental Approaches to Landfill Clean-Up

A research team from the USDA Forest Service and the University of Missouri has developed a new contaminant prioritization tool that has the potential to increase the effectiveness of environmental approaches to landfill clean-up.

29 Apr 2021

Uncapped, Idle Oil Wells Could Be Major Source of Methane Emissions

Uncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year into the atmosphere and surface water, according to a study by the University of Cincinnati.

29 Apr 2021

FSU Researchers Develop New Virtual Tool to Track Debris in the Ocean

In an effort to fight the millions of tons of marine litter floating in the ocean, Florida State University researchers have developed a new virtual tool to track this debris.

29 Apr 2021

New Method Uses Bacteria to Trap and Eliminate Microplastics from Environment

Recently at the Annual Conference of the Microbiology Society, Yang Liu, a scientist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, presented a new method to capture and recover microplastics.

29 Apr 2021

Ozone Pollution Falls in Germany Due to Reduction in Nitrogen Oxide Emissions

Summer is the ozone season: The harmful gas forms at ground level on hot, sunny days. In recent years, however, the rise in ozone levels over the summer months has not been as pronounced in Germany as it was previously.

27 Apr 2021

Built in Enzymes Could Solve the Plastic Pollution Problem

A polymer-eating enzyme integrated into plastic could help solve significant pollution problems by fully composting PLAs.

22 Apr 2021

Study Reveals the Multiple Impacts of Different Microplastics

Microplastics--small plastic pieces less than 5 millimeters in length--are ubiquitous in the environment, and they can have significant effects on wildlife.

22 Apr 2021

New Method Improves Air Quality Measurements During Wildfires

UC Riverside engineers are developing methods to estimate the impact of California's destructive wildfires on air quality in neighborhoods affected by the smoke from these fires.

22 Apr 2021

Humans are Influencing Wind and Weather Patterns Across the North Atlantic by Releasing CO2

A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science provides evidence that humans are influencing wind and weather patterns across the eastern United States and western Europe by releasing CO2 and other pollutants into Earth's atmosphere.

20 Apr 2021