Lead levels in moss are as much as 600 times higher in older Portland, Oregon, neighborhoods where lead-sheathed telecommunications cables were once used compared to lead levels in nearby rural areas, a new study of urban moss has found.
A Window of Opportunity for Climate Change and Biodiversity
World leaders must take advantage of a pivotal window of opportunity for forging a much-needed joined-up approach to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss, say scientists from York University and ZSL.
The unintended consequences of success against malaria
The insecticide-treated bed nets and insecticide sprays that were so effective in preventing mosquito bites -- and therefore malaria -- are increasingly viewed as the causes of household pest resurgence after pests became resistant to pesticides, according to a new article.
Better carbon storage with stacked geology
According to new research subsurface reservoirs that are covered by a collection of hundreds of smaller lids -- collectively called a 'composite confining system' -- may be the better option for keeping carbon trapped for the long term. That's good news for the carbon storage industry. This type of distributed...
Manufacturing perovskite solar panels with a long-term vision
Researchers working at the forefront of an emerging photovoltaic (PV) technology are thinking ahead about how to scale, deploy, and design future solar panels to be easily recyclable. Solar panels made of perovskites may eventually play an important role amid global decarbonization efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As the...
Drawing water from dry air
A prototype device harvests drinking water from the atmosphere, even in arid places.
Researchers develop more environmentally friendly and cost-effective method for soil remediation
Chemists have developed a rapid electrothermal mineralization (REM) process, which in seconds can remediate the accumulation of synthetic chemicals that can contaminate soil and the environment.
Researchers warn of unprecedented arsenic release from wildfires
The wildfire season of 2023 was the most destructive ever recorded in Canada and a new study suggests the impact was unprecedented. It found that four of the year's wildfires in mine-impacted areas around Yellowknife, Northwest Territories potentially contributed up to half of the arsenic that wildfires emit globally each...
Deep Ocean Producing ‘Dark’ Oxygen, Study Finds
A new study suggests that metals scattered about the deep ocean may be producing oxygen, a finding that could strengthen the case against controversial deep-sea mining.
Researchers Enhance Tool to Better Predict Where and When Wildfires Will Occur
A newly enhanced database is expected to help wildfire managers and scientists better predict where and when wildfires may occur by incorporating hundreds of additional factors that impact the ignition and spread of fire.