Cigarette filters are the world's most common form of litter. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg can now show that the filters leak thousands of toxins and plastic fibers that are toxic to aquatic larvae. The researchers ...
Environment
May 3, 2023
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Building on existing information and databases relating to volcanic fatalities, scientists from the University of Bristol have, for the first time, been able to classify victims by activity or occupation and look at the distance ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 6, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of "e-waste" in the world, the U.S. has no federal ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2009
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Wildfires are natural hazards that are becoming more intense and extensive with climate change. Scientists have previously described what major transformations should take place to contend with these fires, including the ...
Environment
Oct 3, 2019
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The US Supreme Court said on Tuesday it will review national environmental standards requiring power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants.
Environment
Nov 25, 2014
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NASA needs to get cracking if it wants to keep its astronauts alive and well on missions to Mars, according to an in-house report issued Thursday.
Space Exploration
Oct 29, 2015
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Just as environmentally conscious scientists predicted, our excessive use of plastics is coming back to bite us. Microplastics (MPs), plastic particles smaller than a few millimeters, can now be found everywhere, but more ...
Environment
Feb 25, 2021
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Some time soon, a powerful earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami that will flood the Pacific Northwest, destroying homes and threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people, says Yumei Wang, a geotechnical engineer ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2009
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Tree felling—whether by professional loggers in a forest setting or by landscapers in urban and rural landscapes—is the most dangerous job in what are two of the most dangerous industries, according to Penn State researchers ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2021
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Tropical cyclones, and the torrential rains and strong winds these storms bring along with them, threaten coastal communities around the world and are expected to increase in intensity due to climate change. But not every ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 28, 2018
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