A new study looking at litter in the UK has revealed the types of materials and products being dumped in its hedgerows and waterways.
Environment
May 24, 2022
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Brazilian researchers have analyzed the mechanisms by which estuarine plants absorb iron, and used their findings to recommend a promising phytoremediation technique for the rehabilitation of water and soil contaminated by ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2022
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Waste materials from oil sands extraction, stored in tailings ponds, can pose a risk to the natural habitat and neighboring communities when they leach into groundwater and surface ecosystems. Until now, the challenge for ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 21, 2022
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With the early assessment of sustainable, newly developed chemicals and products it is possible to assess a potential risk of toxic substances being released at a later point in product cascades. This has been revealed in ...
Materials Science
Feb 14, 2022
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New research shows that chemical reactivity, seasonality and distribution of airborne particulate matter are critical metrics when considering air pollution's impact on human health. Current environmental regulations focus ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2022
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As a global pollutant, mercury (Hg) is emitted directly into the atmosphere from geogenic and anthropogenic sources and previously deposited Hg in natural surfaces. Previous studies in subtropical evergreen forests have shown ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2022
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Plastic pollution in freshwater lakes can become an established habitat for microscopic algae within just two weeks, according to new research.
Environment
Sep 6, 2021
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INRAE, Ifremer and the Universities of Bordeaux (France) and Orebrö (Sweden) have been studying the toll taken by lifelong exposure to toxic microplastics on key biological functions in fish. Two species of fish, one freshwater ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2021
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Sediments are regarded as a river's long-term memory. They mainly comprise particles that are eroded from the ground, ending up at some point in river deltas or the sea. However, sediments can also remain stable for a relatively ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2021
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Researchers from Newcastle University, UK, working with colleagues at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Thailand and the Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, analyzed ...
Environment
Mar 30, 2021
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