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How can we convert CO₂ from threat to asset?
C&EN discusses How can we convert CO₂ from threat to asset? Chemists want to use electrochemistry to turn the greenhouse gas into chemical feedstocks and fuels, but they need to improve their systems’ efficiencies first.
It’s no secret that humans have emitted too much carbon dioxide. Now catastrophic climatic changes caused by […]
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Studies: 2 articles on plastic pollution
The Guardian discusses how there is More than 14m tonnes of plastic believed to be at the bottom of the ocean. Thirty times more plastic on ocean floor than surface, analysis suggests, but more trapped on land than sea. Dr Denise Hardesty, a principal research scientist at CSIRO and […]
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Study: Fertiliser use is fuelling climate-warming nitrous oxide emissions
Reuters discusses a study showing that Fertiliser use is fuelling climate-warming nitrous oxide emissions.
The rising use of nitrogen-based fertilisers is driving up global emissions of nitrous oxide, a lesser-known greenhouse gas, complicating efforts to limit climate change, scientists reported in a study on Wednesday.
Most of […]
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After Wildfires Stop Burning, a Danger in the Drinking Water
The New York Times discusses After Wildfires Stop Burning, a Danger in the Drinking Water. Experts are warning that existing water safety rules are not suitable to a world where wildfires destroy more residential areas than in the past.
Two months after a wildfire burned through Paradise, Calif., in […]
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Study: Pregnancy And Pesticides: A Study As Old As Its Subjects Reveals Health Concerns
KALW Radio discusses a study on pregnancy and pesticides, revealing health concerns.
“Yeah it’s sometimes so strong that your nose hurts,” Maritza says. She tells me it makes it hard to breathe.” It’s like thick, thick oxygen you know, it’s hard to like, smell.”
And instantly she knows, someone has just […]
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What’s Really in Your Bottled Water?
Consumer Reports discusses What’s Really in Your Bottled Water? Consumer Reports found toxic PFAS chemicals in several popular water brands, especially carbonated ones.
CR recently tested 47 bottled waters, including 35 noncarbonated and 12 carbonated ones. For each product, we tested two to four samples. The tests focused on four […]
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Study: 2 articles on plastic pollution
Environmental Health News discusses Our plastic planet. While climate change remains environmental issue #1, the worries over plastic in our water, soil, food, and bodies continue to grow.
In 2018, Norwegian researchers reported an enormous rise of plastic particles found in Arctic wildlife as well as similar increases […]
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Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks
The New York Times discusses how Emails Show How Pesticide Industry Influenced U.S. Position in Health Talks. The U.S. insisted that new international guidelines on combating drug resistance omit any mention of fungicides — a demand that the industry made but that ran counter to science.
Ray S. McAllister, a policy […]
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Study: Drinking Water Problems – 2 articles
The Guardian discusses How Americans stopped trusting their water. Many residents of Martin county, Kentucky, won’t drink their tap water, a legacy of years of mismanagement. She’s not alone: 96% of residents rely primarily on bottled water for drinking, and only 56% use tap water for cooking, according to […]
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The problem with recycling? One word: Plastics
Politico discusses the problem with recycling? One word: Plastics. No matter how well we sort, much of what we throw away cannot be reused.
You separate your trash, leave it to be collected and then it gets sorted in a waste facility, after which it’s turned into new things — that’s […]
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