Environmental monitoring – Page 8
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FeatureA persistent perfluorinated problem
PFASs were used in household and industrial products for decades before their harmful health effects and biopersistence came to light. Rebecca Trager investigates a messy situation
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NewsRussian 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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FeatureFiring 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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ResearchHelicopter 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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NewsUS 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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ReviewClearing the Air: The Beginning and the End of Air Pollution
Jamie Durrani reviews Tim Smedley’s new book
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ResearchChina 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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FeatureThe 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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ResearchAir 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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ResearchCutting 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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ResearchChloroform poses new threat to ozone recovery
Models of observational data trace anthropogenic emissions back to China
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OpinionEvidence in the fake news era
Independent scientific advice is about to collide with partisan politics
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ResearchAlarm 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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ResearchBanned persistent pollutant still threatens half of killer whales
PCBs in world’s oceans could drive most contaminated populations to extinction
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NewsLarge 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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NewsHarvard 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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FeatureOil 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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ResearchIllegal CFC production may be slowing ozone layer recovery
Surprise increase in trichlorofluoromethane emissions linked to east Asia
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ResearchHousehold 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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ResearchMolecular map-making simplified
Open-source software allows thousands of trace chemicals to be analysed using 3D scans and mass spec