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Black carbon linked to cardiovascular health
Aug 26, 2014 (SPX)
Black carbon pollutants from wood smoke are known to trap heat near the earth's surface and warm the climate. A new study led by McGill Professor Jill Baumgartn...
Mexico closes 80 schools after chemical leak
Aug 18, 2014 (AFP)
Authorities in Mexico said Monday they have closed about 80 schools after sulfuric acid leaked from a copper mine in the country's northwest and contaminated th...
Mexico acid leak leaves orange river, toxic water
Aug 16, 2014 (AFP)
Ramona Yesenia stood in her town square with two empty jugs, waiting for water to replace the municipal supply contaminated by a chemical spill that turned Mexi...
India's top court raps Modi government over filthy Ganges
Aug 13, 2014 (AFP)
India's top court on Wednesday accused the new Hindu nationalist government of failing to move on its promise to clean up the sewage-ridden, sacred river Ganges...
Chemical leak at Mexican mine fouls water supply
Aug 12, 2014 (AFP)
Water supplies to 20,000 residents of seven Mexican towns were cut on Tuesday after sulfuric acid leaked from copper mine in the northwestern state of Sonora. F...
Physicists create water tractor beam
Aug 12, 2014 (SPX)
Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have created a tractor beam on water, providing a radical new technique that could confine oil spills, ma...
The immediate aftermath of an oil spill
Aug 11, 2014 (SPX)
The fate of oil during the first day after an accidental oil spill is still poorly understood, with researchers often arriving on the scene only after several d...
Toxic mine leak turns Mexico river orange
Aug 10, 2014 (AFP)
Authorities Sunday imposed restrictions on the water supply to several towns and cities in northwest Mexico, after toxic substances from a nearby mine reportedl...
Mercury in the global ocean
Aug 07, 2014 (SPX)
Although the days of odd behavior among hat makers are a thing of the past, the dangers mercury poses to humans and the environment persist today. Mercury is a ...
Scientists warn time to stop drilling in the dark
Aug 05, 2014 (SPX)
The co-authors of a new study, including two Simon Fraser University research associates, cite new reasons why scientists, industry representatives and policyma...
Malaysia air quality 'unhealthy' as haze obscures skies
Jul 29, 2014 (AFP)
Air quality around Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and on Borneo island was "unhealthy" on Tuesday, with one town reaching "very unhealthy" levels as haze -- mo...
Air pollution modeling reveals broad-scale impacts of pollution removal by trees
Jul 28, 2014 (SPX)
In the first broad-scale estimate of air pollution removal by trees nationwide, U.S. Forest Service scientists and collaborators calculated that trees are savin...
New perspective on agricultural plastic, debris burning, and air quality
Jul 25, 2014 (SPX)
To reduce fire hazard in the United States, wildland managers often utilize the silvicultural practice of mechanically cutting woody shrubs and suppressed trees...
Footprints suggest tyrannosaurs were gregarious
Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)
Scientists in western Canada have discovered the fossilized footprints of three tyrannosaurs that suggest these fearsome predators may have hunted in packs. The...
The geography of the global electronic waste e-waste burden
Jul 24, 2014 (SPX)
As local and national governments struggle to deal with ever-growing piles of electronic waste (or "e-waste"), scientists are now refining the picture of just h...
Microplastics worse for crabs and other marine life than previously thought
Jul 21, 2014 (SPX)
The tiny plastic particles polluting our seas are not only orally ingested by marine creatures, but also enter their systems through their gills, according to a...
New study links dredging to diseased corals
Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)
In a world-first study researchers say dredging activity near coral reefs can increase the frequency of diseases affecting corals. "At dredging sites, we found ...
Straits of Mackinac 'worst possible place' for a Great Lakes oil spill
Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)
Because the strong currents in the Straits of Mackinac reverse direction every few days, a rupture of the oil pipeline beneath the channel would quickly contami...
Rising concern about 'microplastics' in the ocean
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
Microplastics - microscopic particles of plastic debris - are of increasing concern because of their widespread presence in the oceans and the potential physica...
China arms itself for difficult 'war on pollution'
Jul 08, 2014 (AFP)
Having declared "war on pollution", China is arming itself with tougher weapons from new courts to daily fines and shutting down offenders altogether, in what a...
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