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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

Study Reveals Long-Term Consequences of CO2 Emissions

The life of almost all animals in the ocean depends on the availability of oxygen, which is dissolved as a gas in seawater. However, the ocean has been continuously losing oxygen for several decades.

19 Apr 2021

Alternative Method is Better than Conventional Measurement of “Biological oxygen Demand”

When wastewater from villages and cities flows into rivers and lakes, large quantities of fats, proteins, sugars and other carbon-containing, organic substances wind up in nature together with the fecal matter.

15 Apr 2021

New Data Shows Effect of Lockdowns on Air Pollution Levels

One consequence of the coronavirus pandemic has been global restrictions on mobility. This, in turn, has had an effect on pollution levels in the atmosphere.

15 Apr 2021

Air Pollution Linked to Higher Chance of Hospitalization for COVID-19 Patients

Patients who have preexisting respiratory conditions such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and live in areas with high levels of air pollution have a greater chance of hospitalization if they contract COVID-19, says a University of Cincinnati researcher.

15 Apr 2021