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Microplastics levels in Northwest Atlantic fish are one of the highest frequencies of microplastics among fish species globally

Microplastics levels in Northwest Atlantic fish are one of the highest frequencies of microplastics among fish species globally

New study finds microplastics in the stomachs of 73 percent of mesopelagic fish caught in the Northwest Atlantic — one of the highest levels globally.  A new study sheds light on the magnitu... Read more

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Tiny motors that can clean up polluted water (video)

Tiny motors that can clean up polluted water (video)

Scientists are developing new motors that are tiny, soft and run on light, magnetic effects or chemical solutions. They can serve specific functions — including cleaning up pollution. This ... Read more

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This Swimming Robot Digests Pollution And Turns It Into Electricity

This Swimming Robot Digests Pollution And Turns It Into Electricity

The Row-Bot powers itself by cleaning up bodies of water. This is the Row-Bot, a robot that walks on water, and gets its energy by eating the microbes in dirty ponds and “digesting... Read more

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Major breakthrough could help detoxify pollutants

Major breakthrough could help detoxify pollutants

Scientists at The University of Manchester hope a major breakthrough could lead to more effective methods for detoxifying dangerous pollutants like PCBs and dioxins. The result is a culminat... Read more

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Cleaning Up Polluting Mines With Plants–Plants That Then Turn Into Precious Metals

Cleaning Up Polluting Mines With Plants--Plants That Then Turn Into Precious Metals

One enterprising scientist thinks we’re close to creating a whole new, much greener mining industry. Nothing grows here at Walker Ridge. Oaks, pines, and wildflowers stop abruptly at t... Read more

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A New Approach to SETI: Targeting Alien Polluters

A New Approach to SETI: Targeting Alien Polluters

Humanity is on the threshold of being able to detect signs of alien life on other worlds. By studying exoplanet atmospheres, we can look for gases like oxygen and methane that only coexist i... Read more

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Crowd Sourcing Pollution Measurements via Smartphone

Crowd Sourcing Pollution Measurements via Smartphone

KIT Computer Scientists Work on a Measurement System for Mobile End Devices to Compile a Pollution Map in Collaboration with Users using Participatory Sensing Big cities in the smog: Photos... Read more

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Eco-friendly versatile nanocapsules developed

Eco-friendly versatile nanocapsules developed

This new technology is able to replace those toxic liquids The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has announced that the Centre for Self-assembly and Complexity have succeeded in developing a... Read more

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Oceans Likened to World’s Biggest Failed State

Oceans Likened to World’s Biggest Failed State

Overfishing and pollution have pushed life in the high seas to the brink of collapse, according to a new report from the Global Ocean Commission. “The oceans are a failed state,” David Milib... Read more

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Flame-Taming Electric Fields Could Make Power Plants Cleaner

Flame-Taming Electric Fields Could Make Power Plants Cleaner

A new method for controlling fire could prevent air pollution from forming in the first place An emerging technology could offer a more efficient way of reducing air pollution from power pla... Read more

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Microplastics ‘pose toxic threat to marine biodiversity’

Microplastics 'pose toxic threat to marine biodiversity'

Tiny particles of waste plastic that are ingested by shoreline “eco-engineer” worms may be negatively affecting biodiversity, a study says. So-called microplastics may be able to... Read more

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Progress in introducing cleaner cook stoves for billions of people worldwide

Progress in introducing cleaner cook stoves for billions of people worldwide

It may be the 21st century, but nearly half the world’s population still cooks and heats with open fires or primitive stoves that burn wood, animal dung, charcoal and other polluting solid f... Read more

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Scientists Finding Plastic Pollutants in Global Waters

Scientists Finding Plastic Pollutants in Global Waters

Microplastics have become a big concern in the world’s oceans and estuaries. Water pollution remains a significant problem in bodies of water large and small worldwide; however, in addition... Read more

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Small, Portable Sensors Allow Users to Monitor Exposure to Pollution on Their Smart Phones

Small, Portable Sensors Allow Users to Monitor Exposure to Pollution on Their Smart Phones

Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a small fleet of portable pollution sensors that allow users to monitor air quality in real time on their smart phon... Read more

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Cleaner fuel for cruise ships and other big vessels from ingredients in detergents, medicines

Cleaner fuel for cruise ships and other big vessels from ingredients in detergents, medicines

Scientists today described development of a new fuel mixture to ease the major air pollution and cost problems facing cruise ships, oil tankers and container ships. These vessels tend to bur... Read more

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