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Tiny algae ideal for sniffing out nutrient pollution in water
Jun 29, 2016 (SPX)
The key to effectively measuring damagingly high levels of nutrients in freshwater streams lies in the microscopic organisms living in them, according to a grou...
China factories closed over toxic school tracks scare
Jun 23, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese authorities have shut down nine factories and detained some executives after reports that toxic industrial waste was used to make running tracks widely ...
Man-made pollutants found in Earth's deepest ocean trenches
Jun 21, 2016 (UPI)
Even the creatures living in Earth's deepest oceanic trenches aren't safe from man-made toxins. New research has revealed surprisingly significant concentration...
New surface makes oil contamination remove itself
Jun 21, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers of Aalto University have developed surfaces where oil transports itself to desired directions. Researchers' oleophobic surfaces are microtextured wi...
Killing Nemo: Cyanide threat to tropical fish
Jun 16, 2016 (AFP)
Many of the real-life Nemos swimming in children's fish tanks were caught using cyanide, according to research published Thursday which flagged the toxic threat...
Indonesia lashes out at Singapore in new haze row
Jun 13, 2016 (AFP)
Indonesia's environment minister lashed out Monday at Singapore for failing to show "respect" after the city-state tried to question the director of an Indonesi...
How 'super organisms' evolve in response to toxic environments
Jun 10, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have long known that many diseases have a strong genetic component, but they are only recently paying more attention to the role played by the relati...
China probes school playing fields after kids sickened
Jun 10, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese authorities are investigating playing fields at some of Beijing's top elementary schools after children reportedly fell sick from exposure to artificial...
Knowledge of chemical munitions dumped at sea expands from international collaboration
Jun 10, 2016 (SPX)
A special issue of the academic journal Deep-sea Research II, published recently, is devoted to expanding understanding of the global issue of chemical munition...
Lake Michigan turtles used as pollution barometer
Jun 09, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers monitoring the ecological health of the Great Lakes are looking to turtles for help. The long lifespans of painted turtles and snapping turtles -- w...
Study: Air pollution affects young people's psychiatric health
Jun 08, 2016 (UPI)
Researchers in Sweden have identified a link between air pollution and psychiatric health. Young people living in neighborhoods with poorer air quality are more...
Mexico cracks down on capital's car pollution
Jun 07, 2016 (AFP)
Mexico's government announced Tuesday measures to reduce smog in the capital by preventing corruption at emission inspection centers that have allowed polluting...
Vietnam breaks up protests as anger seethes over fish deaths
Jun 05, 2016 (AFP)
Dozens of activists were detained in Vietnam's two biggest cities Sunday as they tried to hold protests calling for greater government transparency over a recen...
Microplastic particles threaten fish larvae
Jun 03, 2016 (SPX)
In a new study, published in Science, researchers from Uppsala University found that larval fish exposed to microplastic particles during development displayed ...
New molasses spill hits El Salvador
Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)
Molasses gushed into a river in El Salvador when a sugar refinery vat sprang a leak Thursday, a month after a similar spill triggered a state of environmental e...
Edible six-pack rings seek to limit harm to sea life
Jun 01, 2016 (AFP)
A Florida brewery has done something bold to try to help the environment: replacing the plastic six-pack rings that can harm sea life with edible ones. Plastic ...
Clinton wins environmental campaign group's first-ever nod
May 31, 2016 (UPI)
In backing Hillary Clinton for president, a major environmental advocacy group said Tuesday a vote for Donald Trump would set the climate fight back 100 years. ...
Ecosystems with many and similar species can handle tougher environmental disturbances
May 30, 2016 (SPX)
How sensitive an ecosystem is to unforeseen environmental stress can be determined, according to Daniel Bruno, previous visiting researcher at Umea University. ...
Ocean pollution science focusing on the fragmentation of plastic waste
May 24, 2016 (SPX)
First discovered by sailors, the masses of plastic debris floating at the center of vast ocean vortices called gyres are today under close scrutiny by scientist...
India launches probe as insect excrement turns Taj green
May 23, 2016 (AFP)
Its gleaming white marble walls have for years been yellowed by India's air pollution and now the Taj Mahal faces a fresh threat -- from green insect excrement....
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