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Hydrogen-Powered Heavy Duty Vehicles Could Contribute Significantly to Achieving Climate Goals

Dec. 1, 2020 — A partial transition of German road transport to hydrogen energy is among the possibilities being discussed to help meet national climate targets. ...

Air Pollution Spikes Linked to Lower Test Scores for Salt Lake County Third Graders

Dec. 1, 2020 — More frequent exposure to air pollution spikes were associated with reduced test scores for third graders in Salt Lake County. Schools with a higher ...

Engineers Combine Light and Sound to See Underwater

Nov. 30, 2020 — Engineers have developed an airborne method for imaging underwater objects by combining light and sound to break through the seemingly impassable barrier at the interface of air and ...

Even Razor Clams on Sparsely Populated Olympic Coast Can't Escape Plastics

Nov. 30, 2020 — Researchers found microplastics in Pacific razor clams on Washington's sparsely populated Olympic Coast -- proof, they say, that even in more remote regions, coastal organisms can't escape plastic ...

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Satellite-Tagged Bottles Show Promise for Tracking Plastic Litter Through Rivers

Dec. 2, 2020 — A new study demonstrates the potential for plastic bottles tagged with tracking devices to deepen our understanding of how plastic pollution moves ...

Bleach-Alternative COVID-19 Surface Disinfectants May Pollute Indoor Air, Study Finds

Dec. 1, 2020 — Cleaning surfaces with hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants has the potential to pollute the air and pose a health risk, according to new ...

Climate Change Warms Groundwater in Bavaria

Dec. 1, 2020 — Groundwater reservoirs in Bavaria have warmed considerably over the past few decades. A new study compares temperatures at 35 measuring stations, taken at different depths, with data from the 1990s. ...

Producing Ammonia With a Much Smaller Carbon Footprint

Dec. 1, 2020 — Researchers describe a new process to produce ammonia with a potentially much lower carbon ...

Plastic Contaminants Harm Sea Urchins

Nov. 30, 2020 — Plastics in the ocean can release chemicals that cause deformities in sea urchin larvae, new research ...

Caribbean Coral Reefs Under Siege from Aggressive Algae

Nov. 30, 2020 — Human activity endangers coral health around the world. A new algal threat is taking advantage of coral's already precarious situation in the Caribbean and making it even harder for reef ecosystems ...

Forest Fires, Cars, Power Plants Join List of Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease

Nov. 30, 2020 — A new study has found that among older Americans with cognitive impairment, the greater the air pollution in their neighborhood, the higher the ...

A Filter for Environmental Remediation

Nov. 19, 2020 — Scientists have discovered a new method for producing sodium titanate mats nanostructured in a seaweed-like morphology for filtering heavy metal ions and radioactive materials from water. This work ...

Ghost Fishing Threatens Endangered River Dolphins, Critically Endangered Turtles, Otters

Nov. 25, 2020 — Waste fishing gear in the River Ganges poses a threat to wildlife including otters, turtles and dolphins, new research ...

Clean Air Act Saved 1.5 Billion birds

Nov. 24, 2020 — US pollution regulations meant to protect humans from dirty air are also saving birds. So concludes a new continent-wide study. Study authors found that improved air quality under a federal program ...