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Danish renewable energy giants Ørsted are proposing to build a solar farm capable of generating enough energy for 100,000 homes on a site in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Ørsted are launching the project with a non-statutory...Monday, January 20, 2025 from AirQualityNews
A month before her first commercial visit, the Saint-Malo, Brittany Ferries new LNG-electric hybrid ship, arrived and left Portsmouth without subjecting the port city to the emissions they usually suffer on such visits. The Saint-Malo,...Friday, January 17, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Atmospheric scientists show proposed 'geoengineering' effort to remove methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere could worse air quality while providing minimal climate benefits.Friday, January 17, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Salt pollution from road deicing salts threatens freshwater ecosystems and urban green infrastructure. New research on salt-tolerant plants like cattails highlights their potential role in mitigating this pollution, though broader...Friday, January 17, 2025 from AirQualityNews
The New Homes (Solar Generation) Bill – a private members bill sponsored by Lib Dem MP Max Wilkinson, has been adjourned after its second reading. Despite almost unanimous support for the bill, there were insufficient MPs present...Friday, January 17, 2025 from AirQualityNews
The progress China is making towards cleaning its air has once again been thrown into focus with the publication of the third annual Synergetic Roadmap on Carbon Neutrality and Clean Air for China. In comparison with 2021, levels of...Friday, January 17, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund has provided £450,000 in new funding to a Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) project to develop new ways of accelerating the roll-out of heat pumps. The project, called EqualLCT,...Friday, January 17, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Research on a cohort of Chinese mothers and their children has found exposure to elevated levels of particulate matter in the three months prior to conception is linked with higher childhood obesity risk up to two years after birth. The...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Scientists use devices known as frequency comb lasers to search for methane in the air above oil and gas operations and to screen for signs of infection in human breath. A new study could help make these sensors even more precise.Thursday, January 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
New research reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands use and move water. The study provides the first experimental demonstration of the potential impacts of climate...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Engineering researchers have developed carbon capture systems that use molecules called quinones, dissolved in water, as their capturing compounds. A new study provides critical insights into the mechanisms of carbon capture in these...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day even the playing field. A recent study shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
In an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study, an international team examined the social risks for Arctic regions associated with thawing permafrost. They identified five key risks related to infrastructure, transport and supply,...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot -- and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years.Thursday, January 16, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar. When they mixed biochar into contaminated soil at a...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Octopus Energy have reported that in 2024 they received enquiries from more than 200,000 homeowners regarding the installation of a heat pump. This represents a 144% increase on 2023, an encouraging indication that enthusiasm for...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from AirQualityNews
A new report from the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has concluded that air pollution in the EU continues to be a danger to health and that, despite recent improvements, member states might fail to meet future targets unless...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from AirQualityNews
Ahead of a significant debate in the commons tomorrow (Friday 17th), new research has revealed huge support among the public for the mandatory installation of solar panels on all new buildings. The New Homes (Solar Generation) Bill...Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Longer, more diverse rotations of crops fertilized with livestock manure have many environmental benefits, but carbon sequestration isn't one of them, according to a new study.Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has not slowed down since the mid-20th century based on the North Atlantic air-sea heat fluxes over that time. This finding contrasts with studies that have estimated a decline in...Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Wildfires that burn homes and vehicles could expose people to dangerous airborne compounds through ash and smoke. Research has shown that people returning to their unburned homes may also experience health symptoms months after a nearby...Monday, January 13, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a wildfire has been insufficient, conflicting or inaccurate. A new publication offers the first comprehensive...Monday, January 13, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
In a significant step toward creating a sustainable and circular economy, researchers have demonstrated that carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers can be fully recycled without any loss in their structure or properties. This discovery positions...Saturday, January 11, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
People who have limited access to air conditioning may be at higher risk of seeking emergency care for health problems following exposure to wildfire smoke, according to a new study. The study found that exposure to fine particle matter...Friday, January 10, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
The way cricket frogs move across the surface of water has long been thought to resemble walking on water, but researchers have now discovered a different reality.Thursday, January 9, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide, according to a new study by civil engineers and earth systems scientists. The study shows that combined with steps to...Wednesday, January 8, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
People who live close to airports and are exposed to high aircraft noise levels could be at greater risk of poor heart function, increasing the likelihood of heart attacks, life-threatening heart rhythms and strokes, according to a new...Tuesday, January 7, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Researchers have created a simulation that maps underground water on a continental scale. The result of three years' work studying groundwater from coast to coast, the findings plot the unseen path that each raindrop or melted snowflake...Tuesday, January 7, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
If you like the smell of spring roses, the sounds of summer birdsong, and the colors of fall foliage, you have the stabilization of the ozone layer to thank for it. Located in the stratosphere, where it shields the Earth from harmful...Monday, January 6, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
The tiny particles that shed from clothing, packaging and other plastic products are winding up in the fish that people eat, highlighting a need for technologies and strategies to reduce microfiber pollution entering the environment.Monday, January 6, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution records preserved in Arctic ice...Friday, January 3, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Scientists have developed a copper catalyst that can efficiently convert carbon dioxide into acetaldehyde, a key chemical used in manufacturing. The breakthrough offers a green alternative to fossil-fuel-based processes.Friday, January 3, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Farmers are receiving less of what consumers spend on food, as modern food systems increasingly direct costs toward value-added components like processing, transport, and marketing. A study shows that this effect shapes how food prices...Thursday, January 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Steroid hormones are among the most widespread aquatic micropollutants. They are harmful to human health, and they cause ecological imbalances in aquatic environments. Researchers investigated how steroid hormones are degraded in an...Thursday, January 2, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new study investigating ancient methane trapped in Antarctic ice suggests that global increases in wildfire activity likely occurred during periods of abrupt climate change throughout the last Ice Age.Monday, December 23, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
A new study finds gases harmful to human health lingered for weeks following the fire.Monday, December 23, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Three years after the Dec. 30, 2021, Marshall Fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Boulder County, two new studies offer insight into what happens to air quality and health in the aftermath of urban wildfires.Friday, December 20, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A research team has revealed that to use the aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system safely over the long term it is crucial to investigate the groundwater quality before operating the system and to continuously monitor the water...Friday, December 20, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Investigations into precipitation patterns in eastern Central Europe since the end of the last ice age have shown that dynamic processes in atmospheric circulation, such as the North Atlantic jet stream, influence regional changes in...Friday, December 20, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Artificial intelligence can provide critical insights into how complex mixtures of chemicals in rivers affect aquatic life -- paving the way for better environmental protection.Friday, December 20, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
We know a lot about how much fossil-derived carbon is emitted to the atmosphere but less about how much is stored in human-made products. Ecological economists estimate that each year, humans add around 400 million tons of fossil carbon...Thursday, December 19, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Communities up and down the West Coast of the United States can expect atmospheric rivers to evolve as the climate warms. But residents in Southern California will see much different changes than residents in more northerly locations...Thursday, December 19, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new study shows how remote sensing can help monitor and remove plastic debris from freshwater environments like the Mississippi River.Thursday, December 19, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and Asia.Thursday, December 19, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Taking inspiration from how nature --including lightning -- produces ammonia, a team has developed a reactor that produces the chemical commodity from nitrogen in the air and water, without any carbon footprint.Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
When preparing for a marathon, runners don't usually think much about air quality. But maybe they should, according to findings from a new study. When the research team assessed the association between fine particulate matter in the air...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared cameras.Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Pollution News
Tires and degrading garbage shed tiny pieces of plastic into the air, creating a form of air pollution that researchers suspect may be causing respiratory and other illnesses.Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Economists looked at test scores and school attendance for Chicago-area kids before and after a bug infestation wiped out the city's ash trees. Education outcomes for low-income students went down, highlighting how the impacts of...Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from ScienceDaily: Air Quality News
Another advance has been made by experts in nano-scale chemistry to propel further development of sustainable and efficient generation of hydrogen from water using solar power. Experts have now identified a novel solar cell process to...