The increasing social metabolism of the world economy and the global competition for resources is placing ever-greater pressure on the environment and on vulnerable communities. This trend is set to continue, increasing the ...
Environment
Sep 27, 2013
0
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought, UC Irvine research has found.
Environment
Jan 21, 2009
10
0
A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are reporting disturbing evidence that soil microbes have become progressively more resistant to antibiotics over the last 60 years. Surprisingly, this trend ...
Environment
May 5, 2010
1
0
Birds' eggs show just how serious a problem river pollution remains in the UK's former industrial heartlands, according to a new study.
Environment
Aug 9, 2013
0
0
(Phys.org) —Dioxane, a chemical in wide industrial use, has an enemy in naturally occurring bacteria that remove it from the environment. Researchers at Rice University have found that these bacteria are more abundant at ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 26, 2013
0
0
The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology by researchers at IIASA and Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) calculates the climate impact for passenger trips of ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2013
0
0
Researchers in Exeter have found that sea creatures will be affected by rising ocean acidity.
Environment
Oct 31, 2014
1
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona engineers find swapping one chemical for another may actually result in greater energy use, compounding the problems the new chemical was supposed to fix.
Environment
Mar 16, 2010
1
0
Cornell engineers have found that firing up diesel backup generators in non-emergency situations triggers rising atmospheric ozone concentrations due to additional nitrogen oxide emissions. They reported their findings Jan ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2015
1
384
(Phys.org) —As towns across Cape Cod struggle with problems stemming from septic systems, a recent study by a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientist focuses on one specific toxic by-product: mercury. In a ...
Environment
Mar 10, 2014
2
2
