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According to the latest research results of a German-Mexican team of geoscientists, the gradual decline of the dinosaurs and pterosaurs presumably came before the impact of the Chicxulub asteroid and the global mass extinction at the end of...
A newly discovered type of bacteria has been found in a drinking water system in the US. Other research groups have also detected it in wastewater treatment plants, in groundwater and even in aquaculture systems.
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Food has a tremendous impact on the environment. Image Credit: Flickr/71430589@N02
Eating healthier food could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says a new study out of UCSB
You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost...
Metals from brakes and other automotive systems are emitted into the air as fine particles, lingering over busy roadways. Now, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have shown how that cloud of tiny metal particles could wreak havoc on...
Researchers are a step closer to understanding the relationship between the colour of soot particles and the effect of such atmospheric pollution on climate. Image credit:Flickr/Sergey G
Researchers are a step closer to understanding the relationship between the colour of...
Consumers are usually unaware of the environmental impacts embodied in the products they purchase - particularly in the case of food, where the main concerns are usually over health or animal welfare.Image credit:Flickr/Ivan Lian
With an estimated 12 million loaves...
Melt pools on melting sea-ice. New research shows humans may have been altering Arctic sea ice longer than previously thought. Credit: NASA
Humans may have been altering Arctic sea ice longer than previously thought, according to researchers studying the effects...
A major study which links outdoor air pollution with 2.7 million preterm births per year.Image credit:Flickr/Francesco Falciani
Scientists have published a major study which links outdoor air pollution with 2.7 million preterm births per year.
The study, which was led by...
Researchers use the ski lifts to carry equipment to sample air on the summit. A radon sensor travels to the peak of Mount Bachelor.Credit: Dan Jaffe/University of Washington Bothell
An unusually warm patch of seawater off the West Coast in...
Car drivers in London are causing the most pollution per commuter, a new study says.
Car drivers in London are causing the most pollution per commuter, a new study by the University of Surrey has found. But drivers themselves are...
With the ocean absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2) over the past decade, less of the greenhouse gas is reaching the Earth's atmosphere. That's decidedly good news, but it comes with a catch: Rising levels of CO2 in the ocean...
