Soil respiration is fundamental in terrestrial ecosystems, where plants and microbes dominate the production of carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere. The scientific understanding of the processes underpinning soil respiration ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2022
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Emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) include a variety of chemicals. Many of these chemicals are associated with a range of adverse human health effects, from eye, nose, and throat ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 6, 2021
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New research identifies the relative importance of different sources of pollutants that accelerate glacial melting in the Indian Western Himalayas. This work can contribute directly to strategies to reduce pollutants at the ...
Environment
Feb 4, 2021
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Some people refer to the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau as the "third pole" because the region has the largest reserve of glacial snow and ice outside of the north and south poles. The glaciers, which are extremely sensitive to ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2020
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We know forests absorb carbon dioxide, but, like a sponge, they also soak up years of pollutants from human activity. When bushfires strike, these pollutants are re-released into the air with smoke and ash.
Environment
Sep 23, 2020
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Imagine being able to detect the faintest of radionuclide signals from hundreds of miles away.
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2020
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Municipal solid waste is trash—such as plastic, food scraps and lawn clippings—that goes into garbage bins and doesn't get recycled. Most of this waste is buried in landfills or is incinerated. Now, researchers reporting ...
Environment
Mar 25, 2020
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Before the United States 1970 Clean Air Act, rainfall all over the country was acidic. As precipitation would fall from the sky, it would mix with gases from industrial plants, emissions from cars, and especially coal and ...
Environment
Feb 3, 2020
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A firefighter says asbestos, mold and toxic fumes inside a fire station in Alabama's largest city have sickened him and other firefighters.
Environment
Dec 31, 2019
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Ancient air samples from one of Antarctica's snowiest ice core sites may add a new molecule to the record of changes to Earth's atmosphere over the past century and a half, since the Industrial Revolution began burning fossil ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2019
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