All Earth articles – Page 64
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NewsBacteria clean-up after Gulf of Mexico disaster
Microbial communities helped to sink Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and might one day be an alternative to toxic dispersants
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Business
DCD in New Zealand milk
Dicyandiamide poses no food risk but fertiliser companies have suspended sales
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CareersA sustainable future: green chemistry PhDs
Yfke Hager speaks to tomorrow’s chemists being trained in the science of sustainability
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Five green chemical feedstock projects launched
New projects will investigate how feedstock chemicals can be produced without fossil fuels
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Business
OM Group to exit cobalt business
Deal worth up to $435 million includes downstream activities, in particular cobalt refining in Kokkola, Finland
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FeatureChemical climate proxies
With the climate change debate as heated as ever, how do scientists reconstruct what the weather was like in the past? Jon Evans looks at the detective chemistry behind such environmental forensic work
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NewsGlobal convention to limit mercury agreed
World signs up to treaty to ban export of mercury but sticking points remain over artisanal mining and coal power plants
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NewsChina’s next leader looks to soothe environmental angst
Xi Jinping, China’s president-in-waiting, will need to deal with public anger over industrialisation and pollution
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Business
BP shifting ethanol focus to Brazil
Company to invest $350 million to expand production from sugarcane in Brazil
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China's emissions may peak as soon as 2025
Projections suggest renewables and clean energy technologies could cut greenhouse gases more rapidly than expected
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Curiosity detect hints of complex organics
Mars rover picks up chlorinated hydrocarbons on the Red Planet, but are they native or did they hitch a ride?
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NewsPush for renewables may have unforeseen consequences
Countries need to synchronise policies to ensure that their energy supply is sustainable
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FeatureClosing the loop
Chemical-looping combustion methods aim to help power plants produce separate carbon dioxide to aid its sequestration. James Mitchell Crow keeps us in the loop
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M&S nano fears for recycled packaging
Ambitious recycling commitment by UK grocer could be threatened by fear of nanoinks
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Smartphones as environmental sensors
New project will measure personal exposure to pollutants with GPS-enabled smartphones
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Business
Lignin to lead bio-based chemicals?
Report says bio-polymer could become a commercial opportunity within three years
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No methane on Mars, says Curiosity
Rover takes first sniffs of the Martian atmosphere and doesn’t find methane, a signal of possible life
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