A salt solution for desalinating brine
Solar-powered brine crystallization could alleviate the environmental impacts of seawater desalination.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 22, 2021
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News tagged with environmental regulation
Amazon road-building projects would result in deforestation of 2.4 million hectares
A team of researchers from the U.S., Bolivia, Brazil, Sweden, Peru and Colombia has found that most of the road projects currently planned for the Amazon rainforest have not been assessed for environmental or economic impacts. ...
Environmental rules stoke anger as California lets precious stormwater wash out to sea
Environmental rules designed to protect imperiled fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta have ignited anger among a group of bipartisan lawmakers, who say too much of California's stormwater is being washed out to ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2023
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Soon, 1 out of every 15 points of light in the sky will be a satellite
I'm outside at my rural Saskatchewan farm, chatting with my neighbors who I've invited over to appreciate the night sky through my telescope. After exclamations and open-mouthed wonder over Saturn's rings, and light that ...
Space Exploration
Dec 1, 2021
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How machine learning can help regulators
How to locate potentially polluting animal farms has long been a problem for environmental regulators. Now, Stanford scholars show how a map-reading algorithm could help regulators identify facilities more efficiently than ...
Environment
Apr 9, 2019
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Researchers find little correlation between microbial gene expression and environmental conditions in the laboratory
A new study challenges the orthodoxy of microbiology that in response to environmental changes, bacterial genes will boost production of needed proteins and decrease production of those that aren't. Researchers with the U.S. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 19, 2013
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New study finds that natural gas leaked from interstate pipelines contains hazardous air pollutants and carcinogens
Natural gas transported by interstate pipelines contains hazardous air pollutants and known human carcinogens, according to a first of its kind study published in Environmental Research Letters by researchers at the nonprofit ...
Environment
Sep 20, 2022
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Tree rings show scale of Arctic pollution is worse than previously thought
The largest-ever study of tree rings from Norilsk in the Russian Arctic has shown that the direct and indirect effects of industrial pollution in the region and beyond are far worse than previously thought.
Environment
Sep 25, 2020
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Food crisis due to Ukraine war calls for demand-side action: Fewer animal products, less waste, and green agriculture
The global food system is impacted by the war in Ukraine, adding to the direct humanitarian and security crisis caused by the Russian aggression. Ukraine and Russia are major producers of grains and fertilizers, yet their ...
Economics & Business
Mar 18, 2022
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Palm kernel product imported for use on dairy farms may actually be harmful to cows
Each year, New Zealand imports about 2 million tons of palm kernel expeller (PKE), a by-product of palm-oil processing in Indonesia and Malaysia, to feed dairy cows, at a cost of NZ$800 million.
Veterinary medicine
Dec 23, 2022
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