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Jul 16, 2020

COVID-19 lockdown reduced dangerous air pollutants in five Indian cities by up to 54 percent

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Jul 07, 2020

New study sparks fresh call for seagrass preservation. An increase in carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to 5 million cars a year has been caused by the loss of seagrass meadows around the Australian coastline since the 1950s.

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Jul 06, 2020

Toxic metallic air pollution nanoparticles are getting inside the crucial, energy-producing structures within the hearts of people living in polluted cities, causing cardiac stress. The study underlines the need for governments across the world to tackle ultrafine particulate pollution

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Jun 25, 2020

Data from a landmark study done by Monash University researchers in Australia raises significant concerns that even short-term exposure to low level air pollution can affect gene expression, leaving us at risk of other diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

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Jun 22, 2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic, one unexpected outcome in cities around the world has been a reduction in air pollution. Based on data collected in Delhi, India, researchers report that this cleaner air has led to more sunlight reaching solar panels, resulting in the production of more clean energy.

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Apr 24, 2020

A new method of detecting patches of floating macroplastics - larger than 5 millimetres - in marine environments has been made. The approach, which uses data from the European Space Agency Sentinel-2 satellites, is able to distinguish plastics from other materials with 86% accuracy.

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Mar 06, 2020

How communication about environmental issues can bridge the political divide - Appealing to conservatives' "moral foundation" when framing environmental issues can make them more supportive of policy changes.

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Mar 02, 2020

One of the world's most widely used glyphosate-based herbicides, Roundup, can trigger loss of biodiversity, making ecosystems more vulnerable to pollution and climate change, say researchers from McGill University.

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Feb 13, 2020

New study shows Deepwater Horizon oil spill larger than previously thought.

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Jan 20, 2020

CFCs are a major driver of Arctic warming. Scientists examined the greenhouse warming effects of ozone-depleting substances and finds that they caused about a third of all global warming from 1955 to 2005, and half of Arctic warming and sea ice loss during that period.

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Dec 22, 2019

Discovering a new fundamental underwater force: A miscalculated Fluids Lab demonstration leads to a new understanding of how particles accumulate in lakes and oceans

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Dec 12, 2019

Fukushima: Lessons learned from a case of soil decontamination. One of the cesium isotopes (137Cs) has a half-life of 30 years, it constitutes the highest risk to the local population in the long term, in the absence of decontamination it will remain in the environment for around three centuries.

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Nov 11, 2019

A new study has found a link between air pollution and changes in the corpus callosum, a region of the brain associated with neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Jul 17, 2019

Radiation levels in some regions of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific, where the United States conducted nuclear tests during the Cold War, are far higher than in areas affected by the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, according to new research

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Jun 19, 2019

Research shows the US military is one of the largest climate polluters in history, consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more CO2e (carbon-dioxide equivalent) than most countries.

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Jun 11, 2019

Skinny cod and grey seal reveals troubling changes to food web in the Baltic Sea

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Jun 11, 2019

EWG: Nitrate pollution of US tap water could cause 12,500 cancer cases each year. They also estimated the costs of treating those cases at up to $1.5 billion a year.

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Jun 06, 2019

Evidence that breathing in tiny particles of black carbon, typically a result of burning diesel, is linked to an increased volume of peripheral, smaller blood vessels in the lungs has been observed for the first time

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Apr 07, 2019

A new study establishes that environmental damage caused by corn production results in 4,300 premature deaths annually in the United States, representing a monetized cost of $39 billion.

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