Water Pollution

Australian officials plan to redouble their efforts to save the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of global warming. The world’s largest coral reef system is under threat from rising ocean temperatures, ocean acidification and violent tropical weather. Scientists also have struggled to contain outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish, a…

Just as the physics of our atmosphere is no longer only the concern of atmospheric physicists, so has climate change become a dominating theme for writers of otherwise different concerns. From Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation to Nathaniel Rich’s Odds Against Tomorrow, the last decade has seen such a steep rise in…

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two U.S. government agencies agreed Thursday to keep state regulators primarily in charge of regulating groundwater pollution from uranium mining in the latest move by President Donald Trump’s administration to prop up the ailing industry.The agreement signed in Wyoming, the top uranium-producing state, says the U.S.…

House Democrats say the EPA’s agreement to end its controversial decision to relax enforcement of air and water pollution regulations during the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t absolve the agency of other transgressions. The agency said in a memo to lawmakers it will end its modified enforcement policy on Aug. 31.Still, House Energy and Commerce…

France’s oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after four decades in operation, to the delight of environmental activists who have long warned of contamination risks, but stoking worry for the local economy. The Fessenheim plant, opened in 1977 and already three years over its projected 40-year life…

Noticed this strange drain in middle of Dutch bus lane. Is it to stop cars using lane?A: It’s a bussluis. These are combinations of bus traps (stops narrower vehicles) and sump busters. This was found with a glass pipe and lighterA: Those are glass ‘screens’ they sit in the pipes…

The news industry is often accused of using fear and sensationalism to draw attention to stories.Have you ever heard the old, rather brutal saying "if it bleeds, it leads"?This phrase was coined by American magazine writer Eric Pooley, who argued violence and conflict were prioritised in TV news bulletins to…

Rep. Abby Finkenauer (D., Iowa), who has positioned herself as a champion of local agriculture, received the endorsement of a far-left environmental group considered hostile to the economic interests of Iowa farmers. Sierra Club, a liberal environmental activist group, announced its endorsement of Finkenauer on Tuesday. While the endorsement is…

IMAGE: Regional coupled C-N-H2O cycle processes and associated driving mechanisms view more  Credit: ©Science China Press The regional C-N-H2O coupling cycle is a strong coupling process that occurs between physicochemical process and biogeochemical processes in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems through hydrological flux, and it is closely related and intercoupled biogeochemical processes.…

When first faced with the challenge of making my beauty routine entirely sustainable, changing my toothpaste was not the first thing that came to mind. I focused on make-up and cleansing products, the kinds of items that have recently gained a lot of traction in the sustainable beauty world. But…