It seems that only about a tenth of the plastics end up in the oceans compared to what was previously thought. This is the result of a recent analysis by Mikael Kaandorp, who joined Forschungszentrum Jülich in November last ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2023
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A heron chick flutters clumsily after hatching in a nest on a mangrove island littered with plastic waste in the Gulf of Fonseca, along the Pacific Coast of Central America.
Environment
Aug 4, 2023
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The tragic war underway in Sudan will soon start to impact neighboring countries, as refugees cross borders to flee the violence. Recurring civil conflicts have already displaced up to 3.2 million Sudanese internally. The ...
Environment
May 26, 2023
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Urban agriculture as a global phenomenon is widely promoted as a sustainable land use practice. On small plots and in big projects, using sophisticated technology or simple solutions, city dwellers around the world are producing ...
Ecology
Mar 14, 2023
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Many futuristic novels and films have explored what the world might look like without water. But water scarcity isn't a problem for the far-off future: it's already here.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 14, 2023
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Over 44 million people in the United States depend on private drinking water wells that are not federally regulated. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire and collaborating institutions found that current monitoring ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 9, 2023
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Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2023
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Russia is scrambling to bring home three astronauts—two Russians and one American—who are stuck aboard the International Space Station after a meteorite damaged the spacecraft that was due to return them to Earth.
Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2023
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Plastic pollution has been recorded in eight freshwater streams running into Gulf St. Vincent, confirming the regular flow of microplastics into local marine environments—and the need for better waste management systems.
Environment
Jan 5, 2023
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Wind, sewage sludge, and waste water carry tire wear particles from roads onto farmland. A new lab study shows that the pollutants contained in the particles could get into the vegetables grown there. Researchers at the Center ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 4, 2023
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