News tagged with environmental science and pollution research
Waste water treatment plant mud used as 'green' fuel
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Catalan scientists have shown that using mud from waste water treatment plants as a partial alternative fuel can enable cement factories to reduce their CO2 emissions and comply with the Kyoto Protocol, as well as ...
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Researchers call for nitrogen and phosphorus reductions to combat eutrophication in aquatic systems
Feb 19, 2009 |
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An international group of scientists is renewing calls for policymakers to reduce both nitrogen and phosphorus when attempting to alleviate eutrophication - or nutrient pollution problems - in fresh and coastal waters. In ...
Tadpoles Used to Rapidly Detect Water Pollution
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research conducted by University of Wyoming Professor Paul Johnson and others demonstrates that genetically modified tadpoles work well as sensitive monitors for rapidly detecting water pollution.
Athletes, spectators faced unprecedented air pollution at 2008 Olympic Games
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Particulate air pollution during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing constantly exceeded levels considered excessive by the World Health Organization, was far worse than other recent Olympic ...
Study: Dirty windows aid air pollution
May 14, 2007 |
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Canadian scientists have determined dirty windows located in metropolitan urban areas might be hidden contributors to air pollution.
Pollution at home lurks unrecognized, instead attributed to large-scale environmental disasters
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products like bisphenol A in some baby bottles and lead in some toys, women do not readily connect typical household products ...
Student Proving Walls (Even Sofas) Can Talk
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Most college students will admit to searching their couch cushions for extra coins to do laundry. But Jon McKinney's cushion hunt isn't about finding money. He wants to help epidemiologists identify what's ...
Toxic legacy seeps from melting Alpine glaciers: study
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Swiss researchers have found that Alpine glaciers melting under the impact of climate change are releasing highly toxic pollutants that had been absorbed by the ice for decades.
Fireworks cause environmental pollution
May 29, 2007 |
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U.S. government scientists say Fourth of July fireworks displays often held over lakes and other bodies of water can pollute the water with perchlorate.
Excess female to male births in Canada linked to chronic dioxin exposure
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Almost 90 Canadian communities have experienced a shift in the normal 51:49 ratio of male to female births, so that more girls than boys are being born, according to two studies in the Oct. 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Sc ...
Smithsonian scientists highlight environmental impacts of biofuels
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Biofuels reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in comparison to fossil fuels. In the Jan. 4 issue of the journal Science, Smithsonian researchers highlight a new study that factors in environmental costs of biofuel production. ...
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