Environmental monitoring – Page 8
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News
Russian role in Europe-wide radiation leak two years ago confirmed
Evidence mounts that Mayak facility was responsible for ruthenium release as ‘satellite crash’ explanation given by Russian officials scorned
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Feature
Firing up an air pollution problem
Wild fires adversely affect air quality nearby and far beyond. Nina Notman investigates this escalating problem
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Research
Helicopter NMR prepares to detect Arctic oil spills
ExxonMobil-funded project readies giant airborne coil for accidents as shipping lanes open up
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News
US air bases blamed for fluorinated pollutants on Japanese island
Diplomatic tensions between the two nations have been stoked by accusations that the US military has polluted Okinawa with PFAS chemicals
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Review
Clearing the Air: The Beginning and the End of Air Pollution
Jamie Durrani reviews Tim Smedley’s new book
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Research
China identified as source of unexpected rise in CFC emissions
New production believed to be responsible for increasing levels of outlawed ozone-depleting chemical
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Feature
The problem of particulate air pollution
Small particles in the air can find their way into the brains of growing children, with seriously unpleasant consequences. Anthony King reports
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Research
Air on board diesel trains is five times worse than beside a busy street
Ultrafine particles and soot linked to lung cancer are massively elevated in carriages pulled by diesel engines
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Research
Cutting ammonia pollution may lead to more acid rain in China
Any effort to target ammonia should aim to reduce sulfur dioxide pollution at the same time
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Research
Chloroform poses new threat to ozone recovery
Models of observational data trace anthropogenic emissions back to China
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Opinion
Evidence in the fake news era
Independent scientific advice is about to collide with partisan politics
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Research
Alarm raised over microplastics in human faeces in first of its kind study
Nine different types of microplastic found in samples across the world could pose health risk
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Research
Banned persistent pollutant still threatens half of killer whales
PCBs in world’s oceans could drive most contaminated populations to extinction
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News
Large scale experiment probes chemistry inside our homes
Dozens of analytical instruments have spent a month observing the chemistry of the air inside a three bed house
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News
Harvard and Google team up to take on harmful construction chemicals
New centre is working with Google and others to reduce the use of chemicals linked to health and environmental problems
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Feature
Oil spill cleanup
Is the cure worse than the disease? Katrina Krämer looks at the new alternatives to traditional dispersants and surfactants
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Research
Illegal CFC production may be slowing ozone layer recovery
Surprise increase in trichlorofluoromethane emissions linked to east Asia
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Research
Household chemicals contribute as much as vehicles to urban emissions
Air pollution study finds VOC emissions from everyday products have been hugely underestimated
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Research
Molecular map-making simplified
Open-source software allows thousands of trace chemicals to be analysed using 3D scans and mass spec
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News
Environment ministers commit to pollution prevention
UN assembly secures declaration from the world’s environment officials that they will clamp down on hazardous chemicals and end pollution