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Mass Extinction May Occur When Carbon Emissions Pass a Critical Threshold

In the brain, when neurons fire off electrical signals to their neighbors, this happens through an "all-or-none" response. The signal only happens once conditions in the cell breach a certain threshold.

9 Jul 2019

Pathways to Reduce Carbon Emissions in China

Fulfilling the ultimate goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change — keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius, if not 1.5 C — will be impossible without dramatic action from the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China.

9 Jul 2019

Researchers Identify Restoration Hotspots to Boost Climate and Environment

Scientists have identified over 100 million hectares of lost lowland tropical rain forests that are spread out across Southeast Asia, Africa, and South and Central America. These observations have been reported in a peer-reviewed report released recently.

4 Jul 2019

Novel Method to Assess Population Exposure to Atmospheric Pollution

A team of scientists from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in partnership with other research centers has conducted a diagnosis and examination of the quality of the air human’s breathe in cities based on population dynamics from mobile phone data.

2 Jul 2019

New Bioplastic Created from Fish Skin/Scales & Red Algae to Reduce Plastic Pollution

A University of Sussex student has taken inspiration from the seas to find a solution to the man-made plastic pollution contaminating the world’s oceans.

29 Jun 2019

Researchers Design New Unprinting Method to Reduce Environmental Pollution

If a printer was imagined to have an “unprint” button that uses pulses of light to erase toner, then this could curb environmental impacts when compared to traditional paper recycling.

27 Jun 2019

Maintenance-Free, Evergreen Moss Façades Filters CO2 and Fine Dust from the Air

Air pollution is growing in a number of cities. It is also becoming warmer and warmer and flooding happens during heavy rain as the surfaces are sealed.

26 Jun 2019

Guardian Journalists Use AQMesh to Highlight Air Quality Risks in London

Supporting the aims of Clean Air Day (20th June 2019), the Guardian has published a short film demonstrating the changing levels of pollution that children are exposed to as they walk to school in London.

24 Jun 2019

Use of Edible Plants to Biomonitor Atmospheric Pollution

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid jointly assessed the use of edible plants in the biomonitoring of air pollution.

19 Jun 2019

Scientists Use New Approach to Eliminate Antibiotics in Water

An innovative method has been used by Chinese researchers to achieve a broader application of the Fenton system, which is regarded as one of the most popular techniques used for eliminating antibiotics in water.

17 Jun 2019