pollution
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Environment
Time is running out for a treaty to end plastic pollution. This is why it’s important
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain On 2 March 2022, delegates to the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted an ambitious resolution to develop the text of a new treaty to eliminate plastic pollution by the end of 2024. The fifth and final round of negotiations is about to be held in Busan, South Korea, after 24 days of formal negotiations between some…
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Environment
Fighting air pollution could affect soil carbon stocks and contribute to climate change
Distribution of study sites across the geographic range of northern hardwood forests in Michigan, USA. These locations were selected because of their similar flora and inflorescence characteristics. Credit: Ecology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4444 Decades-old policies aimed at improving air quality may also be accelerating global climate change, a recent study published in the journal Ecology warns. For generations, atmospheric nitrogen pollution…
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Environment
Kitchen renovations could reduce household air pollution and save lives in rural China
Correlation analysis between kitchen characteristics (mechanical ventilation and separate kitchen in this study) and several influencing factors, including socio-economic and physical geographical factors. The heatmap on the left shows the correlation between each factor, and the diagonal bar chart shows the distribution of each factor. The numbers on the right are the corresponding correlation coefficients between those factors. Credit: Environmental…
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Environment
Pakistan closes primary school in Lahore due to record pollution
Pakistan’s Lahore city has closed its elementary school for a week due to record levels of pollution. Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, will close primary schools for a week due to record pollution, government officials said Sunday, to avoid exposing millions of children to smog several times above dangerous levels. announced for. For days, the city of 14 million people has…
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Science
Pollution levels in Pakistan’s biggest cities hit record high, officials say
Air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, soared on Saturday, hitting an all-time high, officials said. Air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city, soared on Saturday, hitting an all-time high for the smog-choked metropolis, officials said. For days, the city of 14 million people has been shrouded in smog, a mixture of fog and pollutants caused by low-grade diesel fuel,…
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Chemistry
Scientists provide new insights into how air pollution forms at the molecular level
The combination of spectroscopy and atomic simulations improves our understanding of the specific molecular-level processes that govern the formation of air pollution. Credit: Fuji Heavy Industries, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center A team of researchers has made a discovery in understanding how air pollution is formed at the molecular level. Their research, published in the journal Nature Communications, sheds light…
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Environment
North Sea oil pollution is ‘significantly underestimated’, new report suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Growing up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the shadow of the Piper Alpha disaster loomed large over our community. A tragic explosion on an oil drilling platform in 1988 claimed the lives of 167 people. At that time, I was fortunate not to know about the impact that disaster would have on the ecosystem. However, the 670 tonne…
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