Beijing Air Pollution Reached Alarming Levels In Three Months
According to a recent report by the Chinese news organization, the levels of two of the most toxic atmospheric pollutants- nitrogen dioxide and particular...
Nuclear Waste Recycled by New Method Developed at OSU
New method to reduce cost of nuclear waste disposal while irradiating medical supplies and food, was developed by a researcher at Oregon State University.
Russell...
Plants Hold Key to Future Fresh Water Availability
A recent study published in the latest issue of Nature established that future climate change and fresh water availability predictions will be strongly impacted...
Tûranor Solar Boat Has a New Mission Studying Climate Change
What started as a proof-of-concept – PlanetSolar's Tûranor solar boat recently circumnavigated the globe – is now setting sail again on a research mission...
Climate Change Expected to Have Much More Severe Effects, Economist Warns
British economist, Nicholas Stern, author of of the most significant and prominent studies on climate change in the last decade, warns that global warming...
Toxic Nuclear Waste at Contaminated Site May Explode, Defense Agency Warns
On Monday, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board expressed concerns that stored toxic, nuclear waste at Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the most contaminated site in...
NASA and the Environment: 10 Eco-Projects They’re Involved In
With climate change becoming one of the most widely discussed and pressing problems in recent years, protecting and caring about the environment has become...
More Than Half of US Rivers Found Unsuitable For Aquatic Life
The US Environmental Protection Agency conducted a survey on quality of US rivers, indicating that majority of streams and rivers in the country are...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decreased by Changing Farming Practices
A new study by the scientists at the University of California, Davis has posited that the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide and the atmospheric pollutant...
European Carbon Emissions Dropped in 2012
The European Union (EU) announced a drop of 1,4 percent in carbon emissions from factories included in the EU carbon market.
This is the second...
