The fashion industry is facing several growing social and environmental sustainability issues; from clothing textile waste to the prospect of widespread microfiber pollution (MSF). For the latter, we struggle to even define the problem. While we know that huge amounts of microfibers are entering our ecosystems, we don't yet know the impact this is having.

About half of the global population resides within 150 km of an ocean (1). As urbanization and demographic shifts toward coasts have increased, untreated and inadequately treated sewage has polluted ocean and coastal waters (2). Sewage introduces harmful substances to marine ecosystems, including nutrients, pathogens, heavy metals, microplastics, and organic compounds, posing grave risks to these delicate…

> TL;DR The main objective of this research is to prove the possibility of having a variation of Prototype Pollution in other programming languages, including those that are class-based by showing Class Pollution in Python. > Background Prototype Pollution might be one of the coolest vulnerabilities to dig into as a researcher, researchers have been

As early as the 13th century, restrictions were put on the burning of coal as a precaution against the health hazards of air pollution

A smoky haze hangs over India's northern plains and its capital, New Delhi, every year as winter sets in, raising fears for the health of many millions of people as authorities order fixes that do little to clear the air.

If you could talk to the animals, they'd tell you to quiet down.

Researchers studying thunderstorms in urban areas found that air pollution leads to more cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. The post Air pollution increases thunderstorm danger first appeared on EarthSky.

We spend 85% of our time indoors, and air conditioning can provide relief when and where we need it.  Nevertheless, regulatory agencies continue to press for tighter outdoor emission controls. Their mantra is that lives can be shortened by long-term (years) exposure, no matter how trivial.  This is the linear no-threshold hypothesis currently promulgated by EPA.

Anyone who has spent time in a traffic jam waiting to "get somewhere" can easily accept the premise that traffic can raise your blood pressure. If you don't believe me, spend 30 minutes going 4 miles in Los Angeles or trying to go over the George Washington Bridge in New York at rush hour. A new study suggests that the creeping elevation of your blood pressure is not so much due to your fellow drivers but to…

Light pollution is an existential threat that belongs in the same conversation as climate change, experts say

With more than 2,400 warehouses across the state, surrounding neighborhoods face heightened pollution risks, a study shows, blaming online shopping and redlining's legacy.

A series of pools dug on Joe Orgee's farm are designed to trap nutrients before they enter streams.

Air pollution doesn't affect everybody the same way. And in a new study, researchers developed a method to improve estimates of how, within cities, different communities are exposed to fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. The study was the first to show in a controlled experiment using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that exposure to diesel exhaust disrupts the ability of different areas of the human brain to interact…

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A new study has unveiled surprising findings about mercury pollution: where it comes from and how it moves through the environment vary significantly depending on the ecosystem. In drier regions, most mercury is deposited through rain and snow. In wetter, forested areas, gaseous mercury from the air sticks to leaves, which then fall and carry the toxin into the ground.

A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after oil- and gas-producing countries pushed back on limiting production

HomeScienceVol. 386, No. 6720Colombia acts to combat plastic pollutionBack To Vol. 386, No. 6720 Full accessLetter Share on Colombia acts to combat plastic pollutionNelson Rangel-Buitrago [email protected] and Adriana Gracia C.Authors Info & AffiliationsScience24 Oct 2024Vol 386, Issue 6720p. 389DOI: 10.1126/science.adr5243 PREVIOUS ARTICLEImagination: A ManifestoPreviousNEXT ARTICLEPrevent the s…

As more research shows how noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health, there is a growing movement looking for ways to make communities quieter and healthier.