pollution
Our oceans are turning into plastic...are we?
by Susan Casey from Best Life Magazine. "A vast swath of the Pacific, twice the size of Texas, is full of a plastic stew that is entering the food chain. Scientists say these toxins are causing
>30 days ago by schmutzie, 1 User, more info saveInside the Digital Dump (photojournalism)
"...when we replace our computers and flat-screens with the newest in high-tech cool, what happens to the hardware we throw away? Welcome to the digital dumping ground, where the poor make a livi
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBritain gets first on-street electric car chargers
"Britain's first on-street charging points for electric cars were unveiled in central London as part of a wider bid to encourage drivers to ditch gas-guzzling vehicles." A step in the right
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveChernobyl: The plume of doom
"It starts off as a small blob over Ukraine, but then spreads. Constantly changing shape and colour, it curls its way round most of Europe." Animated map of the spread of Chernobyl fall-out.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info savePedestrians get pollution sensors
"Sensors will be fitted to pedestrians and in buses as part of a £4.1m project aiming to measure pollution levels across England." Participatory pollution panopticon? Link via Warren Ellis.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveUrban Grids / Respiratory Oases
" ... a ... firm called Elegant Embellishments has developed "a decorative, three-dimensional architectural tile" that can reduce vehicular air pollution, including nitrous oxide and gr
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWhy We Need An X Prize for Eco-Friendly Air Travel
Does what it says on the tin.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveHuman Activities Found To Affect Ocean Temperatures In ...
"New research shows that rising sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in hurricane “breeding grounds” of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans are unlikely to be purely natural in origin." Let's wait fo
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveSound blaster cleans contaminated soil
Ultrasound to remove 'persistant organic pollutants'. Sounds like a good plan.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveWheelie bin microchips could alert councils to big poll ...
Big Brother in the binsheds, or long overdue waste management controls?
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveBlair and Arnie's 'global warming pact'
Tony B and Der Gubernator announce a plan to sidestep the Bush administration and begin trading carbon dioxide credits between the UK and California. I know, I can't believe it either, there must be a
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveFirefly fish
More fun with gene splicing! Add firefly DNA to zebra fish, to make creatures that will glow if lowered into polluted water. Weird but true.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveGuardian Unlimited | Science | Fight for Stonehenge tak ...
"Hot-air balloonists will highlight danger of traffic-choked roads and call for tunnel beneath monument." I love the 'Henge, but despite that whole Israel thing it seems to be a 'slow news d
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveUK Record Heatwave And Rising Pollution Observed By Eye ...
Just in case we hadn't realised, it's unusually hot over here in the UK. Hockey stick? What hockey stick?
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveNASA Explains Puzzling Impact Of Polluted Skies On Clim ...
"NASA scientists have determined that the formation of clouds is affected by the lightness or darkness of air pollution particles. This also impacts Earth's climate." Nothing is ever simple,
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveMicrocups made of nanopaper
More new materials from the wonderful world of nanotech
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveResearchers use bacteria to reduce uranium to safe leve ...
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveElectronic smog
It's a bumper year for technofear!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveOzone - it's bad for your balls, man
2006-03-23 19:20 http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18925445.200
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info saveGreenpeace Schweiz: Climat
La Terre se réchauffe en raison de l'accumulation de gaz à effet de serre générés par les activités humaines. Le principal de ces gaz est le dioxyde de carbone (CO2) qui résulte du gaspillage des comb
>30 days ago by ycc2106, 1 User, more info saveAt OpEdNews: EPA Urged to Strengthen Ozone Standards to ...
EPA’s current ozone standard is not adequate to protect human health. The agency should set tougher new ozone standards at the lowest level to protect the most vulnerable in our society.
>30 days ago by rbullard4ej, 1 User, more info saveMicrosensors to Measure Pollutants on Site
Scientists have developed a miniature sensor that can measure air and water pollution levels.
>30 days ago by ndragon, 1 User, more info saveThe Global Water Crisis | Water and our Environment
Water is vital to the survival of all known life forms. Water crisis is the state of the world�s water resources in relation to human demand.
>30 days ago by nojoy42, 1 User, more info saveFaites de 7 a 14 % d’economie par plein de carburant
Decouvrez comment faire de 7 à 14 % d’économie de carburant par plein ceci est même garanti ! Efficace sur tout moteurs 2T et 4T , reduit en meme temps de 75% la pollution
>30 days ago by davecarrau, 1 User, more info saveAtmospheric Pollution - New Visualization Forms But Sti ...
>30 days ago by ruicosta, 1 User, more info saveMariner Books - Houghton Mifflin Company Silent Spring ...
>30 days ago by qapeach, 1 User, more info saveMagic City Smoky Skies
A short blog about Birmingham, Alabama pollution!
>30 days ago by johnnychandl, 1 User, more info saveMapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors — HBS Working ...
Where are the biggest polluters? And what is your company doing to protect the environment? A new Web site—both a public service and a research tool—posts managers' data in real time, allowing a balan
>30 days ago by kaospilots, 1 User, more info save