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Russia's Lake Baikal 'extremely polluted', Putin warns
Aug 04, 2017 (AFP)
Lake Baikal is a UNESCO World Heritage site, the world's deepest lake at 1,700 metres (5,580 feet) and also the oldest at 25 million years. Tourists flock there...
New catalysts remove 99 percent of BPA from water
Aug 02, 2017 (UPI)
Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a synthetic chemical commonly used in plastics manufacturing. Though many manufacturing companies have adopted BPA replacements, the che...
Gambian environmentalists to sue 'polluting' Chinese firm
Aug 01, 2017 (AFP)
The residents of Gunjur, a Gambian village an hour south of the capital Banjul, complain that toxic waste dumped into the sea has killed fish and affected the h...
Heavy metals in water meet their match
Jul 31, 2017 (SPX)
The project, developed in collaboration between Swansea University and Rice University, has won both national and international awards. Carbon nanotubes immobil...
Environmental toxins are impacting Lake Baikal
Jul 31, 2017 (SPX)
"The water is crystal-clear, the salt and nutrient content is low and it's extremely oxygen-rich - even at the very bottom of the lake," says Dr Till Luckenbach...
'Omnipresent' effects of human impact on England's landscape revealed
Jul 31, 2017 (SPX)
Concrete structures forming a new, human-made rock type; ash particles in the landscape; and plastic debris are just a few of the new materials irreversibly cha...
Pollution clouds Gambia's efforts to woo China
Jul 30, 2017 (AFP)
Chinese firms in Africa are frequently accused of polluting the environment to produce materials ready to export back home, in incidents recorded by experts acr...
Dozens hospitalised in Indonesia as thick haze spreads
Jul 26, 2017 (AFP)
Some schoolchildren were still able to go to school in Meulaboh Wednesday wearing masks but several schools suspended classes so students could stay at home. In...
Pioneering Paris canal swimming spot closed due to pollution
Jul 24, 2017 (AFP)
The City of Paris tweeted that three floating pools on the Canal de l'Ourcq were closed because the water quality was "unsatisfactory". The authorities said the...
Thousands protest call to curb incense burning in Taiwan
Jul 23, 2017 (AFP)
About 100 temples took part in the demonstration, where performers carried statues of Taoist gods on their shoulders while others danced in larger-than-life cos...
Soil filters out some emerging contaminants before reaching groundwater
Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)
The research, which was conducted at the Penn State Wastewater Treatment plant and the Uuniversity's Living Filter, analyzed the fate of seven emerging contamin...
Fewer 'good air' days in China despite official efforts
Jul 20, 2017 (AFP)
China has vowed to target coal-burning and vehicle emissions, increase investment in clean energy and punish polluters in a bid to improve the air quality of th...
Bavaria juggles support for diesel and clean city air
Jul 18, 2017 (AFP)
Action by the conservative-ruled southern state, home to pillars of Germany's auto industry like BMW and Audi, comes as national politicians grapple with the fa...
Kicking up a stink: Ukraine's Lviv blighted by trash crisis
Jul 17, 2017 (AFP)
Waste has not been removed from some neighbourhoods in the city of 700,000 people since May, with the stench scaring off tourists and a rat infestation threaten...
200 green activists killed in 2016, record toll: watchdog
Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)
The grim tally, double the number slain two years earlier, is the largest since the NGO began tracking such violence in 2002, it reported. The real number is pr...
Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand
Jul 13, 2017 (AFP)
Environmental groups have long accused Cambodia of running damaging and corrupt sand dredging operations along the southwest coast and the Mekong river. Most of...
Study finds toxic mercury is accumulating in the Arctic tundra
Jul 13, 2017 (SPX)
A research team led by Prof. Daniel Obrist, chairman of UMass Lowell's Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, found that airborne mercury ...
Herbicide boost for tadpoles: study
Jul 04, 2017 (AFP)
Common toad larvae exposed to glyphosate, used in the well-known herbicide Roundup, contained higher doses of bufadienolides -- life-saving natural chemicals fo...
Human activities worsen air quality in Dunhuang, a desert basin in China
Jul 03, 2017 (SPX)
Besides, the famous Taklimakan and Tengger deserts are also located in the west and east of Dunhuang region, respectively. Dunhuang is also a world-famous sceni...
Facing ruin, India's ancient glass artists blame the Taj
Jun 25, 2017 (AFP)
The ancient glass quarter in Firozabad never recovered after authorities blamed smoke drifting from its furnaces for yellowing the Taj's magnificent white marbl...
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