Plastic microparticles are ingested by a range of animals, including large vertebrates, and can deteriorate water quality. However, little is known about how human activity affects the concentration of microparticles in lakes.
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Research Aims to Prevent Deadly Environmental Disasters Involving Mine Waste
New research will help mining companies better understand the negative societal and environmental impacts of mine-waste disasters, known as tailings flows, and hopefully avoid them.
Researchers Calculate the Cost of Restoring Australia’s Degraded Ecosystems
Researchers propose a AU$41 billion nationwide plan for habitat restoration to prevent species loss that will pay for itself through carbon sequestration revenue.
August 2021 Was Earth’s Sixth-Warmest August on Record
Northern Hemisphere’s summer tied 2019 as second hottest
UMass Amherst Researcher to Unravel the “Last Great Arctic Mystery”
Raymond Bradley, Distinguished Professor Of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will lead a team of researchers to Peary Land, Greenland’s northernmost region with one of the earth’s harshest climates, to discover how humans settled and survived there beginning 4,500 years ago, thanks to a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Captured Water, Carbon Dioxide From Car Exhaust Could Help Grow Food
Texas A&M researchers have a novel idea to capture waste from passenger vehicle exhaust for use in urban greenhouses for food production.
