A chemical cocktail of air pollution in Beijing, China during COVID-19 outbreak
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreads rapidly around the world, and has limited people’s outdoor activities substantially.
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POLLUTION/REMEDIATION
Anammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
A type of anaerobic bacteria responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen loss from marine environments has been shown
Read moreStanford researchers reveal air pollution’s connection to infant mortality
Dust sweeping across the Southeast U.S. in recent days warns of a growing risk to infants and children in many
Read moreAnammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
A type of anaerobic bacteria responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen loss from marine environments has been shown
Read moreStanford researchers reveal air pollution’s connection to infant mortality
Dust sweeping across the Southeast U.S. in recent days warns of a growing risk to infants and children in many
Read moreStudy finds strong evidence for a causal link between long-term exposure to fine air particles and greater mortality in elderly Americans
Evaluating the impact of long-term exposure to fine particulate matter on mortality among the elderly
Read moreMore evidence of causal link between air pollution and early death
Study of more than 68 million older Americans using state-of-the-art analyses suggests that US air pollution standards are not protective enough
Read moreTraffic density, wind and air stratification influence concentrations of air pollutant NO2
Leipzig researchers use a calculation method to remove weather influences from air pollution data
Read moreAgricultural fires in central Africa light up in Suomi NPP satellite image
Fires have spread across the majority of the landscape in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in this
Read moreNASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite analyzes Saharan dust aerosol blanket
Dust storms from Africa’s Saharan Desert traveling across the Atlantic Ocean are nothing new, but the current dust storm has
Read moreFancy Aussie bees flew in from Asia
Ecology experts connect species to Asia, Antarctica
Read moreGas cooker exposure can lower blood pressure, study finds
The study, published recently in Circulation Research and led by a team from King’s College London, has investigated how nitrogen
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