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Nor-Shipping Aims to Demystify Ship Recycling with New Conference for 2027

With industry estimates suggesting more than 15,000 vessels will need to be recycled by 2032, more than double the number recycled in the previous decade, turning ageing ships into new assets has never been more critical.

30 Oct 2026

International Review Offers New Guidance on Understanding the Benefits of Indoor plants

Indoor plants and green walls can reduce certain air pollutants by around 10-30 percent, while some indoor greening systems could cut the energy needed to cool buildings in certain office zones by up to 27 percent, according to an international review led by the University of Surrey.

30 Oct 2026

Rapid Identification of Radioactive Sources Using Advanced Aerial Computational Modeling Tools

Extreme situations demand speed: researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new computational method that makes it possible to identify radioactive material from the air more accurately within seconds and to determine its quantity and location more precisely.

28 Oct 2026

Climate Change and Ozone Pollution Threaten Future Global Health Outcomes

Premature deaths linked to long-term exposure to ground-level ozone nearly doubled worldwide between 2000 and 2020, reaching an estimated 480,000 deaths annually, according to a new global assessment led by researchers at George Washington University.

28 Oct 2026

FY-3G Satellite Algorithm Reduces Uncertainty in Earth Climate Models

Accurate precipitation measurements are crucial for weather forecasting, climate research, water management, and disaster preparedness, yet rainfall remains a major source of uncertainty in environmental models.

28 Oct 2026

Improving Global Photosynthesis Estimates Through Forest Height Structural Correction

Gross primary productivity (GPP), the carbon fixed by plants through photosynthesis, is fundamental to ecosystem function and the global carbon cycle.

28 Oct 2026

Global Space Observations Show Fire and Drought Impair Ecosystem Resilience

Terrestrial vegetation absorbs roughly 120-149 petagrams of carbon annually through photosynthesis, offsetting about one-third of global fossil-fuel emissions.

28 Oct 2026

What it Actually Takes to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water

For our grandparents, it was lead. For our parents, asbestos. Today, PFAS dominates the environmental narrative, and with good reason. Through the latter half of the 20th century, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) firmly integrated themselves into a wide range of industries.

24 Oct 2026

Broad Thermal Limits Protect Estuarine Species From Ocean Warming

Adelaide University researchers have found that some estuarine fishes that live in habitats with highly variable temperatures can withstand the warmer ocean conditions expected to result from climate change.

24 Oct 2026

UV Chlorine System Achieves Largest Relative Boost From Aged Microplastics

A research team found that aged polyamide microplastics accelerated the breakdown of the pharmaceutical carbamazepine in three ultraviolet-based wastewater treatments.

24 Oct 2026