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05/29/2018
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By Edsel Cook
New laser-based system can locate small methane leaks in an area of several square miles
Methane leaks in oil and gas production sites will soon be unable to escape notice. Colorado-based researchers are validating a laser-based spectroscopy technique that can “sniff” out the tiniest emissions over several square miles. According to a ScienceDaily article, the new system can monitor its assigned areas nonstop. The current approach to detecting methane emissions involves on-site […]
05/25/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Zero-waste cellphone now a reality: Researchers have perfected the process to completely recycle a phone
Fiberglass and resin are the main components of a cell phone, yet they are also the most commonly disposed parts. In a Science Daily article, Canadian researchers have come up with a process that neatly separates the two materials for recycling purposes. The new method is perhaps the first of its kind to lift organic resins […]
05/25/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Organic fertilizer blend effective at lowering cadmium levels in soil
The presence of cadmium (Cd) in the fertile soil of California is bad news for growers and consumers alike. When large amounts of the heavy metal are absorbed by leafy vegetables, the crop becomes dangerous to humans. Researchers therefore came up with an organic fertilizer that can reduce Cd levels in soils and vegetables, according to an […]
05/25/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Scientists set to make new form of recycled paper from POO
Austrian researchers have come up with a new way to save millions of trees from paper mills. They can extract cellulose from the dung of cows and other herbivores to make recycled paper, according to an American Chemical Society (ACS) article. The University of Vienna researchers presented their findings during the 255th National Meeting & […]
05/24/2018
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By Edsel Cook
The technology behind the largest battleship built by the Nazis still affects us today
The biggest battleship ever built by Nazi Germany hid itself from Allied bombers by deploying an artificial fog made from toxic chemicals. Seventy years after World War II, the effects of this technology are still felt in Norway, where local trees took many years to recover from the deadly air pollution, according to a Live Science […]
05/24/2018
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By Edsel Cook
“Rip Van Winkle” plants can remain dormant for 20 years to survive through difficult times
The fictional character Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years and missed the American Revolution. Now, researchers have identified more than a hundred different real-life plants that can go dormant for just as long in order to make it through unfavorable periods, a EurekAlert article stated. The research team counted at least 114 species that […]
05/24/2018
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By Edsel Cook
The Ocean Cleanup’s revolutionary machine, which aims to collect some 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic trash, is ready to take its first voyage
In Alameda, California, workers of the nonprofit group The Ocean Cleanup are assembling the components of a massive machine that will collect plastic trash from the ocean. An article on Fast Company states that the device will be towed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the summer of 2018. The revolutionary machine is the […]
05/23/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Starting small: Environmentalists call for bans on plastic straws to reduce environmental pollution
Environmentalists around the world are aware that banning plastic straws and stirrers will only reduce the world’s plastic pollution by a small margin. An article in the Associated Press states they are willing to start with those small items as a symbol of greater reductions to come. Faced with Mexico-sized islands of plastic pollution adrift […]
05/23/2018
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By Edsel Cook
PFAS chemicals are now in the drinking water of about 16 million Americans, new study concludes
You might be one of the 16 million Americans who are drinking polluted water. A recent study found that the drinking water of numerous counties in 36 states tested positive for toxic chemicals called perfluorinated compounds (PFAS), an article in the Bucks County Courier Times stated. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) mapped out communities in […]
05/23/2018
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By Edsel Cook
The politics surrounding GMOs: Bureaucrats don’t care about the environment and are more interested in money
By and large, government bureaucrats in America and Europe don’t care two sticks about the environment or public health. They only care about the profits promised by big businesses that are using GMOs to take over the world’s food supplies, an article in GreenMedInfo stated. It started in the U.S. in the 90s. The executives […]
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