Sometimes, solutions to environmental problems can have environmentally unfriendly side effects. For example, while most gas-powered cars have a catalytic...
While air quality has improved dramatically over the past 50 years thanks in part to the Clean Air Act, people...
Research co-led by The University of Queensland has found sharing real-time air quality readings in developing countries can reduce air...
Small sulfate particles of diameters 0.4 µm or less from anthropogenic sources could have had a cooling effect on the...
A robot fish that filters microplastics has been brought to life after it won the University of Surrey’s public competition—The...
It has long been known that humanity is exceeding planetary boundaries for nitrogen use. Scientists have now mapped those exceedances...
Wearing a mask can help prevent the spread of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, but a mask’s effectiveness depends on how...
When thunderstorms rumble overhead, weak electrical discharges—called corona—can occur on tree leaves. A new study found coronas create large amounts...
Satellites face greater chances of collision with space debris as a result of reduced density in the upper atmosphere. Increasing...
Increasing the amount of natural (green and blue) space and private gardens has the potential to narrow the lifespan gap...
A new analysis led by researchers with the University of California has found the 2020 wildfires in the state, the...
by Britta Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox, Joanna Vince and Kelsey Richardson, The Conversation Two percent of all fishing gear used...
