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Biochemistry May 3, 2024

Functionalized chitosan as a biobased flocculant for the treatment of complex wastewater

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB have developed a biobased and functionalized flocculant to efficiently treat complex wastewaters. Furthermore, toxic phenols are removed ...

Environment Mar 21, 2024

Reviving England's polluted rivers through incentivizing farmers and comprehensive monitoring

At the close of 2023, Defra asked the British Ecological Society to bring together nearly 40 experts, to collate expert opinion on freshwater policy and set out a list of priorities for the biodiversity evidence program to ...

Earth Sciences Mar 8, 2024

Inland waters are a blind spot in greenhouse gas emissions

Inland waters such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and ponds may release copious amounts of greenhouse gases, but this possibility is not well understood. In a new review published in theJournal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, ...

Environment Mar 4, 2024

River pollution is causing harmful outbreaks of sewage fungus in the UK

The pollution of the UK's waterways and coastlines with sewage is throwing its ecosystems out of balance. One well documented example is the spread of microscopic bacteria that can multiply rapidly into algal blooms, causing ...

Ecology Oct 5, 2023

Meet the next alien invaders to threaten nature and economies in Scotland

Raccoons, muntjac deer, plants that cause flooding, and mussels that clog up water pipes are among the new problem species that are likely to arrive in Scotland over the next decade and pose a serious threat to nature or ...

Plants & Animals Sep 25, 2023

From homebodies to prolific swimmers, researchers track Chicago River fish to find out where they are going and why

Under the muddy surface of the Chicago River, a bluegill swam miles upon miles, back and forth from one end of the river system to another.

Earth Sciences Sep 14, 2023

The importance of shining a light on hidden toxic histories

Indianapolis proudly claims Elvis' last concert, Robert Kennedy's speech in response to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, and the Indianapolis 500. There's a 9/11 memorial, a Medal of Honor Memorial and a statue of ...

Ecology Aug 24, 2023

Plankton are central to life on Earth: How is climate change affecting them?

Recently, scientists reported that more than half of our oceans are turning greener, an indication that they might contain more phytoplankton. Along the California coast, hundreds of sea lions and dolphins turned up sick ...

Environment Aug 14, 2023

Don't just wait for the water firms—three things we can do right now to clean up Britain's rivers

Britain's rivers and coasts are polluted—there's no escaping that fact—and water companies are coming under more and more pressure to fix things. Most recently, a law firm has announced its plans to take collective legal ...

Plants & Animals Aug 2, 2023

How the tropical red swamp crayfish successfully invaded the cold regions of Japan

Owing to human activities and climate change, many animal species have invaded new habitats. Such biological invasion comes with devastating impacts on the local biodiversity and ecosystems. The red swamp crayfish—known ...

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