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A study led by a team from Sheffield Hallam University has found an association between exposure to air pollution in early life, and adverse developmental and mental health outcomes in adolescence. The team examined how air pollution...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Mountain snowpacks accumulate snow throughout the winter, building up stores of water that will supply communities across the American West throughout the long dry season. Now, a new study shows that as storms carry snow to the Rocky...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller than one micrometer (1/50th the thickness of an average human hair), are far more...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings highlight the potential impact of early exposure to air pollution on...Tuesday, April 1, 2025 from AirQualityNews
A new study has investigated the health benefits of improving the air quality around Barcelona, by reducing traffic and by electrifying the city’s busy port. Focusing on NO2 emissions, the team from the Barcelona Institute...Monday, March 31, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers have developed an innovative solution to a pressing environmental challenge: removing and destroying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly called 'forever chemicals.' A new study unveils a method that not only...Monday, March 31, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
People breathing contaminated air over the course of years are at greater risk of developing numerous diseases. This is thought to be due to highly reactive components in particulate matter, which affect biological processes in the body....Monday, March 31, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Grand Central Apartments is a residential tower in London, offering 68 one, two and three-bedroom apartments and stunning penthouses in London’s vibrant King’s Cross district. Designed by award-winning architects Stiff + Trevillion and...Sunday, March 30, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Under new proposals, the Government will ban the burning of heather on deep peat across an extra 146,000 hectares of land in England, increasing the amount protected by 65%. The Government say this will ‘improve air quality in...Friday, March 28, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new study measured water vapor in Greenland's air, collecting data crucial for improving climate models and forecasting Arctic changes.Friday, March 28, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers have uncovered a more efficient way to turn carbon dioxide into methanol, a type of alcohol that can serve as a cleaner alternative fuel.Friday, March 28, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Yesterday morning Afzal Khan, MP for Manchester Rusholme, hosted an event organised by Global Action Plan in partnership with Health Equals to discuss the issue of domestic wood burning in the UK. Also present were Rt Hon Lord...Thursday, March 27, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.Thursday, March 27, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
The reuse of human urine would allow for the production of sustainable fertilizers for urban agriculture, with significant environmental benefits, a new study concludes. The research evaluates the environmental impact of nitrogen...Thursday, March 27, 2025 from AirQualityNews
The National Contaminated Land Officers Group (NCLOG) have released a statement welcoming the increased attention on land contamination following recent TV and radio programmes focusing on the subject. Following the release of the...Thursday, March 27, 2025 from AirQualityNews
A new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking (APPGCW) has identified barriers preventing many people from enjoying the benefits of active travel, particularly those from disadvantaged communities. ...Thursday, March 27, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Indoor air quality and ventilation manufacturing specialist Nuaire have announced that Faisal Farooq, who the company has sponsored, has been awarded a PhD for his research work on designing ventilation systems for low-carbon housing in...Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata) corals, which play a crucial role in reef ecosystems. Despite...Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new study uncovers a critical challenge in accurately classifying precipitation as rain or snow using surface weather data. Accurately identifying precipitation phase is critical for weather forecasting, hydrologic modeling, and...Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Humans are having a highly detrimental impact on biodiversity worldwide. Not only is the number of species declining, but the composition of species communities is also changing. This is one of the largest studies ever conducted on this...Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from AirQualityNews
On 25th March we held our 5th Northern Air Quality Conference – and our eleventh conference overall – back at Bridgewater Hall in the heart of Manchester. Cllr Beverley Nielsen again hosted the event and navigated us through the day...Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Tiny fragments of plastic have become ubiquitous in our environment and our bodies. Higher exposure to these microplastics, which can be inadvertently consumed or inhaled, is associated with a heightened prevalence of chronic...Monday, March 24, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants.Monday, March 24, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
When wildfires threaten communities, human health can be impacted as smoke distributes on the breeze, infiltrating various structures. To help people protect themselves and their families, researchers have developed a low-cost, durable,...Sunday, March 23, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Existing tax policies during the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources will lead to major energy injustices and skewed priorities, new research shows.Thursday, March 20, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Scientists will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the water supply of 90 million people on the South American continent at the first-ever World Day for Glaciers hosted by UNESCO in Paris.Thursday, March 20, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new study has discovered that birds in the Galapagos Islands are changing their behavior due to traffic noise, with those frequently exposed to vehicles showing heightened levels of aggression. During trials involving traffic noise,...Thursday, March 20, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Nearly 3 out of every 4 older Americans have experienced at least one extreme weather event in the last two years, a poll finds. And living through such an event appears to make a big difference in how they view the potential impact of...Thursday, March 20, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
According to a predictive model, the microalgae present in peat bogs could offset up to 14% of future CO2 emissions, thanks to their photosynthetic activity. This conclusion was reached by basing the work on in situ experiments and the...Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers injected CO2 gas into seawater while applying an electrical current. The process transformed dissolved ions, minerals in seawater into clusters of solid particles. The clusters hold over half their weight in CO2 to become a...Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers measured post-restoration Sphagnum moss layer growth on 18 peatland sites in Finland 10 years after restoration. According to the study, a thick Sphagnum moss layer forms rapidly during the first 10 years after successful...Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers investigated how to use bio-based materials to produce effective UV protection films for solar cells. The study was the first to compare how the properties of different bio-based UV filters change over time.Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
The EPA's network consistently failed to capture air quality in communities of color across six major pollutants. The monitors are the key data source driving decisions about pollution reduction, urban planning and public health...Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
In advancing sustainable energy solutions, an international collaborative team of scientists has achieved a significant milestone in low-carbon chemical conversion. In their recent publication in Nature, the team, led by Professors...Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Brook trout may have a genetic trick up their scales when it comes to adapting, with limitations, to heatwaves that threaten their existence. Scientists have known for years that brook trout -- an iconic coldwater fish species native to...Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. A new study by researchers at Penn State found that taking...Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Researchers used community input to design Advanced Clean Truck (ACT) air-quality model experiments. Community asked for ACT policy simulations that convert 48% of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles into zero tailpipe emission versions....Monday, March 17, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and inflammation when exposed to dry air, an occurrence...Friday, March 14, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have helped create the building blocks...Friday, March 14, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
New research quantifies the health risks of wildland-urban interface fires, showing fire emissions in populated areas are three times more likely to lead to annual premature deaths than emissions from wildfires in general.Thursday, March 13, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Neuroscientists have shown that experiencing nature can alleviate acute physical pain. Surprisingly, simply watching nature videos was enough to relieve pain. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, the researchers found that acute...Scientists develop solar-powered method to convert sewage sludge into green hydrogen and animal feed
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Scientists have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludge -- a by-product of wastewater treatment -- into green hydrogen for clean energy and single-cell protein for animal feed.Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
New Delhi's air pollution is more severe than previously estimated with particles absorbing atmospheric water vapor leading to particulate matter levels across the city being underestimated by up to 20%.Wednesday, March 12, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Climate change may lead to more precipitation and more intense floods. A new study shows that to understand the details of this relationship, it is important to distinguish between different types of rainfall and flood events -- namely,...Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Cloudy areas over oceans are reflecting less sunlight to space than before.Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Zeolites, crystalline materials widely used in the petrochemical industry, serve as pivotal catalysts in the production of fine chemicals, with aluminium being the source of active sites within zeolite structures. A research team has...Tuesday, March 11, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into...Monday, March 10, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
By replacing clothes dyers with line drying, households in the U.S. could save upwards of $2,100 and avoid 3 tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the lifetime of a dryer. The exact impacts, however, depend on what kind of dryer you have...Monday, March 10, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen for about 2.5 billion years due to a relatively rapid increase in microorganisms capable of performing photosynthesis. Researchers provide a mechanism to explain...