All Earth articles – Page 21
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NewsUS military sites that may be contaminated by PFAS grow by 60%
The Pentagon has released new analysis that says there are 651 military sites with groundwater that may be polluted with fluorinated chemicals
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BusinessData is lacking as Reach moves beyond registration
Enforcing the demanding rules of Europe’s chemical legislation is keeping regulators and companies on their toes
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ResearchIron rain every evening on ultra-hot giant exoplanet
Spectral data shows iron condensing on planet’s nightside
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FeatureSustainable lab buildings
After a decade of grassroots growth, the laboratory sustainability movement is bursting into the mainstream finds James Mitchell Crow
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ResearchMetallic trihydrogen oxide could explain ice giants’ strange magnetic fields
Compound stable under extreme conditions might be source of Uranus’ and Neptune’s enigmatic magnetosphere
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OpinionThe indomitable Toshiko Mayeda
Matthew Shindell traces one female scientist’s story from an internment camp to studying the chemistry of the solar system
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ResearchProzac and methamphetamine likely responsible for toxins in tap water
Antidepressant and stimulant amine drugs are potential precursors for some of the most toxic compounds formed during water disinfection
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OpinionFossil industries promise net emissions reductions
Can the oil industry really curb its carbon output fast enough to impact climate targets?
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ResearchLight-harvesting clusters and titanium dioxide cooperate to fix nitrogen
Atomically precise metal clusters continue to gather momentum by catalysing the production of ammonia
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BusinessSolar-powered water purification
Majico’s photocatalytic water kiosks are increasing access to affordable drinking water in Tanzania
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NewsNumber of industrial chemicals being produced globally grossly underestimated
Analysis of national chemical inventories finds three times as many chemicals registered for production as previously thought
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ResearchEngineered yeast can remove heavy metals from wastewater
Easy storage and rapid growth could see yeast compete with bacterial and chemical remediation
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ResearchExcess electrons can degrade polluting fluorinated compounds, simulations find
Strong carbon–fluorine bond dissociates on ultrafast timescale
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ResearchWater pipe technology kills microorganisms with localised electric field
Flowing water could power smart pipes
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FeatureCatching the polluters
Measurement techniques can pinpoint emitters like unroadworthy trucks and broken gas pipes, finds Andy Extance, but are not yet widespread
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NewsCan negative emission technologies overcome climate catastrophe?
Reforestation, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture are among the ‘Nets’ that could remove CO2 from the atmosphere
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ResearchFog lifts on amines' role in megacity air pollution
Simulations help scientists identify elusive mechanism generating atmospheric sulfuric acid
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NewsSunscreen chemicals absorbed into skin at rates that require further safety tests
US drug safety body finds six common sunscreen ingredients enter bloodstream rapidly
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ResearchFour chemical classes cost US public 270 million IQ points over 15 years
Flame retardants and pesticides linked to over a million intellectual disability cases between 2001 and 2016
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ResearchWater treatment byproducts linked to thousands of bladder cancers in Europe
Call for countries to do more to drive down levels of trihalomethanes produced during disinfection