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Federal Program to Plug Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Could Create Jobs, Reduce Pollution

New research released by Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and Resources for the Future examines the environmental and job creation benefits of plugging orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells.

21 Jul 2020

Priming Effect can Emit 40 Billion Tons of Carbon from Permafrost by 2100

A key uncertainty in climate projections is the amount of carbon emitted by thawing permafrost in the Arctic.

21 Jul 2020

Fish Fillets Exposed to Microplastic Pollution are Still Safe for Human Consumption

In a new laboratory study, experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research investigated how many microplastic particles would be absorbed in the muscle tissue of young European sea bass after being given feed with extremely high microplastic particle content for a period of four months.

21 Jul 2020

Study Identifies Toxicological Risks of Environmental Pollutants in Finless Porpoises

A recent study just published in Environmental Science & Technology identified the toxicological risks of environmental pollutants to finless porpoises.

21 Jul 2020

Scientists Explore How Sustainable Farming Practices can Reduce Emissions

Argonne researchers quantify how to reduce emissions by farms changing their practices and adopting novel technologies.

21 Jul 2020

Study Finds it is Highly Challenging to Achieve Current Emissions Goal

Graham Weale, honorary professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and at the Centre for Environmental Management, Resources and Energy at Ruhr-Universität Bochum has undertaken an independent study "EU 2030 Emissions Target - A Reality Check".

20 Jul 2020

New Non-Invasive Tool to Sample Contaminants in Bee Hives

Honeybee colonies are bioindicators of environmental contamination in the area, since they get coated in everything that there is in the environment, including pollutants, and they end up taking it all back to their bee hives.

20 Jul 2020

Agrochemicals can Increase Transmission of Schistosome Worm

Widespread use of pesticides and other agrochemicals can speed the transmission of the debilitating disease schistosomiasis, while also upsetting the ecological balances in aquatic environments that prevent infections, finds a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

20 Jul 2020

Pandemic Lockdown Improves Air Quality in Five Indian Cities

A team of 10 interdisciplinary researchers from the University of Surrey's renowned Global Centre for Clean Air Research, including PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, have united to develop a rapid assessment of the impact COVID-19 has had on air quality.

17 Jul 2020