Air Pollution Linked to Higher Risk of Young Children Developing Asthma
Aug. 19, 2020 — Children exposed to higher levels of fine particles in the air (known as PM2.5) are more likely to develop asthma and persistent wheezing than children who are not exposed, finds a new ...
This 'Cold Tube' Can Beat the Summer Heat Without Relying on Air Conditioning
Aug. 18, 2020 — The 'Cold Tube' can offer relief from the summer heat without relying on air conditioning. It uses half the energy of conventional air conditioners ...
Recent Global Warming Trends Are Inconsistent With Very High Climate Sensitivity
Aug. 18, 2020 — New research reports that the most sensitive climate models overestimate global warming during the last 50 ...
Low-Cost Home Air Quality Monitors Prove Useful for Wildfire Smoke
Aug. 18, 2020 — A new study by air quality scientists tested four models of low-cost air quality monitors during actual wildfire pollution events and found that their readings of PM2.5 - or particulate matter under ...
Advanced Biofuels Show Real Promise for Replacing Some Fossil Fuels
Aug. 24, 2020 — A new study predicted significant climate benefits stemming from the use of advanced biofuel ...
Negative Emissions Technologies May Not Solve Climate Crisis
Aug. 24, 2020 — Researchers used the Global Change Assessment Model to compare the effects of three negative emissions technologies on global food supply, water use and energy demand. The work looked at the role ...
Ozone Across Northern Hemisphere Increased Over Past 20 Years
Aug. 21, 2020 — In a first-ever study using ozone data from commercial aircraft, researchers found that levels of the pollutant in the lowest part of Earth's atmosphere have increased across the Northern Hemisphere ...
Research Shows Air Pollution Could Play Role in Development of Cardiometabolic Diseases
Aug. 20, 2020 — Air pollution is the world's leading environmental risk factor, and causes more than nine million deaths per year. New research shows air pollution ...
February Lockdown in China Caused a Drop in Some Types of Air Pollution, but Not Others
Aug. 20, 2020 — Nitrogen dioxide, which comes from transportation, was half of what would be expected over China in February 2020. Other emissions and cloud ...
Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Spreads More Indoors at Low Humidity
Aug. 20, 2020 — The airborne transmission of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 via aerosol particles in indoor environment seems to be strongly influenced by relative humidity, concludes the analysis of 10 most relevant ...
Low Humidity Increases COVID-19 Risk: Another Reason to Wear a Mask
Aug. 18, 2020 — A new study from Australia confirms a link between COVID-19 cases and lower ...
Long-Term Exposure to Traffic Noise May Impact Weight Gain in the UK Population
Aug. 17, 2020 — A new study has found a connection between traffic noise and obesity. Long-term exposure to road traffic noise, such as living near a motorway or on ...
Widespread Electric Vehicle Adoption Would Save Billions of Dollars, Thousands of Lives
Aug. 17, 2020 — A new study found that if EVs replaced 25% of combustion-engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion ...
Micro And Nanoplastics Detectable in Human Tissues
Aug. 17, 2020 — Plastic pollution is a global problem. Even when plastic bags or water bottles break down, tiny fragments can still contaminate the environment. Animals and humans can ingest the particles, with
Researchers Introduce New Theory to Calculate Emissions Liability
Aug. 25, 2020 — A new study questions conventional methods of calculating carbon emissions liability based on point source pollution by introducing new 'bottleneck' ...
Affordable and Scalable Nitrogen Dioxide Sensor
Aug. 25, 2020 — Scientists have developed a highly sensitive, accurate and affordable carbon-based nitrogen dioxide sensor. The gas sensor could provide accurate readings of the nitrogen dioxide levels in the local ...
New Model for Pricing Carbon Will Help Meet Net-Zero Climate Change Goals
Aug. 17, 2020 — In a new article, researchers introduce a new approach for pricing carbon: Near-term to Net ...
Researchers Introduce New Theory to Calculate Emissions Liability
Aug. 25, 2020 — A new study questions conventional methods of calculating carbon emissions liability based on point source pollution by introducing new 'bottleneck' ...
Affordable and Scalable Nitrogen Dioxide Sensor
Aug. 25, 2020 — Scientists have developed a highly sensitive, accurate and affordable carbon-based nitrogen dioxide sensor. The gas sensor could provide accurate readings of the nitrogen dioxide levels in the local ...
New Model for Pricing Carbon Will Help Meet Net-Zero Climate Change Goals
Aug. 17, 2020 — In a new article, researchers introduce a new approach for pricing carbon: Near-term to Net ...
Ocean Microbes Could Interact With Pollution to Influence Climate
Aug. 17, 2020 — Little is known about how gases and aerosols made by ocean microbes affect weather and climate, or how pollution could influence this process. Today, scientists report they've used an ...
Air Pollution Is a Driver of Residential Electricity Demand, Study Finds
Aug. 17, 2020 — A new study reveals that households respond to ambient air pollution by increasing electricity consumption, which in turn increases the carbon emissions that are co-produced in supplying the ...
Pollution Linked to Antibiotic Resistance
Aug. 13, 2020 — Antibiotic resistance is an increasing health problem, but new research suggests it is not only caused by the overuse of antibiotics. It's also caused by ...
A Watershed Moment for US Water Quality
Aug. 13, 2020 — A new federal rule that determines how the Clean Water Act is implemented leaves millions of miles of streams and acres of wetlands unprotected based on selective interpretation of case law and a ...
'Critical' Questions Over Disease Risks from Ocean Plastics
Aug. 13, 2020 — Key knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of how ocean microplastics transport bacteria and viruses -- and whether this affects the health of humans and animals, researchers ...
Maldives Records Highest Microplastic Pollution
Aug. 13, 2020 — The amount of microplastic pollution in waters around the Maldives, a global tourist hot spot known for its beautiful coastline, is amongst the highest in the world and has the potential to severely ...
Car Passengers Can Reduce Health Risks from Pollution by Closing Windows and Changing Route
Aug. 12, 2020 — Drivers and passengers can inhale significantly lower levels of air pollution by setting their vehicle's ventilation systems more effectively and taking a 'cleaner' route to their ...
Upcycling Plastic Waste Toward Sustainable Energy Storage
Aug. 12, 2020 — Engineering professors and their students have been working for years on creating improved energy storage materials from sustainable sources, such as glass bottles, beach sand, Silly Putty, and ...
Air Pollution in Ireland Associated With Strokes, Research Finds
Aug. 11, 2020 — Scientists have found that air pollution in the winter is associated with more hospitalisations for all strokes in ...
Agriculture Replaces Fossil Fuels as Largest Human Source of Sulfur in the Environment
Aug. 10, 2020 — New research identifies fertilizer and pesticide applications to croplands as the largest source of sulfur in the environment -- up to 10 times higher than the peak sulfur load seen in the second ...
COVID Recovery Choices Shape Future Climate
Aug. 7, 2020 — A new study warns that even with some lockdown measures staying in place to the end of 2021, without more structural interventions global temperatures will only be roughly 0.01°C lower than expected ...
'Roaming Reactions' Study to Shed New Light on Atmospheric Molecules
Aug. 6, 2020 — For the first time, a team of chemists has lifted the hood on the mechanics involved in the mysterious interplay between sunlight and molecules in the atmosphere known as 'roaming ...
New Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Turns Waste Into Valuable Critical Minerals
Aug. 5, 2020 — A new way to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) could help transform the environmental pollution problem into an important domestic source of the critical rare earth elements needed to produce technology ...
Drivers Who Keep Their Windows Down Are Exposed to 80 Percent More Air Pollution
Aug. 5, 2020 — Car users from the world's least affluent cities are exposed to a disproportionate amount of in-car air pollution because they rely heavily on opening their windows for ventilation, a new study ...
Disparities in a Common Air Pollutant Are Visible from Space
Aug. 5, 2020 — As a global center for petrochemical manufacturing, Houston, Texas, experiences some of the worst air quality in the country, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Evidence suggests ...
In a Warming World, New England's Trees Are Storing More Carbon
Aug. 4, 2020 — The study reveals that the rate at which carbon is captured from the atmosphere at Harvard Forest nearly doubled between 1992 and ...
Surface Clean-Up Technology Won't Solve Ocean Plastic Problem
Aug. 4, 2020 — Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem, a new study ...
Surface Clean-Up Technology Won't Solve Ocean Plastic Problem
Aug. 4, 2020 — Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem, a new study ...
Plastics, Pathogens and Baby Formula: What's in Your Shellfish?
July 30, 2020 — The first landmark study using next-generation technology to comprehensively examine contaminants in oysters in Myanmar reveals alarming findings: the widespread presence of human bacterial pathogens ...
Coastal Cities Leave Up to 75% of Seafloor Exposed to Harmful Light Pollution
July 30, 2020 — New research is the first in the world to quantify the extent to which biologically important artificial light is prevalent on the seafloor and could, in turn, be having a detrimental effect on ...
New Fabric Could Help Keep You Cool in the Summer, Even Without A/C
July 29, 2020 — Air conditioning and other space cooling methods account for about 10% of all electricity consumption in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Now, researchers have ...
COVID-19 Provides Rare Opportunities for Studying Natural and Human Systems
July 29, 2020 — Researchers hypothesize outcomes of the pandemic's unprecedented socioeconomic disruption and outline research priorities for advancing our understanding of humans' impact on the ...
Lockdown Saw Modest Drop in China Air Pollution, Study Finds
July 27, 2020 — Large improvements of air quality in China during the COVID-19 lockdown have been widely reported, but new research reveals that the two pollutants most harmful to human health, fine particulate ...
Pesticides Can Protect Crops from Hydrophobic Pollutants
July 28, 2020 — Researchers have revealed that commercial pesticides can be applied to crops in the Cucurbitaceae family to decrease their accumulation of hydrophobic pollutants, thereby improving crop safety. The ...
Plastic Flow Into Ocean Expected to Triple by 2040, Action Could Stem Tide More Than 80%
July 23, 2020 — A new analysis finds that without immediate and sustained action, the annual flow of plastic into the ocean could nearly triple by 2040. The study also identifies solutions that could cut this volume ...
COVID-19 Lockdown Caused 50 Percent Global Reduction in Human-Linked Earth Vibrations
July 23, 2020 — The lack of human activity during lockdown caused human-linked vibrations in the Earth to drop by an average of 50 percent between March and May ...
Boats and Ships Leave Baby Reef Fish Vulnerable to Predators
July 23, 2020 — Scientists say the noise from boats and ships slows down the activity of baby fish on coral reefs, which leaves them more vulnerable to their ...
Mercury Remains a Persistent Poison in Connecticut's Still River
July 23, 2020 — Researchers are beginning to unravel how century-old mercury pollution impacts local food ...
Biotelemetry Provides Unique Glimpse Into Whitespotted Eagle Rays' Behavior
July 22, 2020 — Researchers are the first to characterize the ecology and fine-scale habitat use of 'near threatened' whitespotted eagle rays in Florida while also identifying areas of potential ...
Dragonflies Reveal Mercury Pollution Levels Across US National Parks
July 22, 2020 — Research confirms dragonfly larvae as ''biosentinels'' to indicate mercury pollution and presents the first-ever survey of mercury pollution in the U.S. National Park ...
COVID-19 Shutdown Led to Increased Solar Power Output
July 22, 2020 — As the air cleared after lockdowns, solar installations in Delhi produced 8 percent more power, a new study ...
Regular Exercise Helps Prevent High Blood Pressure, Even in Areas of High Air Pollution
July 20, 2020 — Regular physical activity is a healthy way to prevent and reduce high blood pressure, even in places where pollution levels are relatively high. Air pollution increases high blood pressure risk, yet ...
Pesticides Speed the Spread of Deadly Waterborne Pathogens
July 17, 2020 — Widespread use of pesticides can speed the transmission of the debilitating disease schistosomiasis, while also upsetting the ecological balances in aquatic environments that prevent infections, ...
COVID-19 Lockdown Reduced Dangerous Air Pollutants in Five Indian Cities by Up to 54 Percent
July 16, 2020 — The COVID-19 crisis and subsequent lockdown measures have led to a dramatic reduction of harmful air pollutants across major cities in India, a new study ...
Does Eating Fish Protect Our Brains from Air Pollution?
July 15, 2020 — Older women who eat more than one to two servings a week of baked or broiled fish or shellfish may consume enough omega-3 fatty acids to counteract the effects of air pollution on the brain, ...
Identifying Sources of Deadly Air Pollution in the United States
July 15, 2020 — A new study provides an unprecedented look at the causes of poor air quality in the United States and its effects on human ...
Oil Spill Clean-Up Gets Doggone Hairy
July 10, 2020 — Researchers have found that dog fur and human hair products -- recycled from salon wastes and dog groomers -- can be just as good as synthetic fabrics at cleaning up crude oil spills on hard land ...
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