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New Study on Chinese Environmental Pollution Control Equipment Market

China's demand for Environmental Pollution Control Equipment has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next decade, both production and demand will continue to grow. The Chinese economy maintains a high speed growth which has been stimulated by the consecutive increases of industrial output, import & export, consumer consumption and capital investment for over two decades.

2 Dec 2014

Mining in Headwaters Can Affect Fish Habitats Downstream

Anglers across the nation wondering why luck at their favorite fishing spot seems to have dried up may have a surprising culprit: a mine miles away, even in a different state.

26 Nov 2014

UPM Researchers Characterize Environmental, Health Risks from Mercury Usage in Artisanal Gold Mining

Researchers from the UPM have characterized the health risks derived from the usage of mercury in artisanal gold mining in Colombia through probabilistic models.

17 Nov 2014

Study Provides New Insights into Phosphorus Contamination of Lake Pepin

In recent years, many lakes in the upper Midwest have been experiencing unprecedented algae blooms. These blooms threaten fish and affect recreational activities. A key culprit implicated in overgrowth of algae in lakes is phosphorus (P). Lake Pepin, located on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border, has seen increasing phosphorus concentrations over time. Researchers are now trying to identify upstream factors that could explain this increase.

12 Nov 2014

Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Childhood ADHD

Prenatal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAH, a component of air pollution, raises the odds of behavior problems associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, at age 9, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. Results are published online in the journal PLOS ONE.

7 Nov 2014

Study Determines Importance of Denitrification in Patches of Shallow Groundwater

Even during summer dry spells, some isolated patches of soil in forested watersheds remain waterlogged. These patches act as hot spots of microbial activity that remove nitrogen from groundwater and return it to the atmosphere, researchers from several institutions, including Virginia Tech, report in a leading scientific journal.

4 Nov 2014

Neglecting Linkages Between SLCFs and CO2 Overestimates Long-Term Climate Benefits

Targeting emissions of non-CO2 gases and air pollutants with climate effects might produce smaller benefits for long-term climate change than previously estimated, according to a new integrated study of the potential of air pollution and carbon dioxide mitigation.

4 Nov 2014

Thirdhand Smoke Continues to be Harmful Long after a Cigarette Has Been Extinguished

Ever walked into a hotel room and smelled old cigarette smoke? While the last smoker may have left the room hours or even days ago, the lingering odors—resulting from noxious residue that clings to walls, carpets, furniture, or dust particles—are thanks to thirdhand smoke.

4 Nov 2014

Inexpensive Tidal Simulation Units Could Help Preserve, Restore Environmentally Important Tidal Wetlands

Rachel MacTavish is growing salt marsh plants in microcosms that replicate the tide. She assembled them in an outdoor greenhouse at the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve in Georgia, USA, with buckets from a hardware store, aquarium tubing, and pumps. Her tidal simulation units could be an important tool for preserving and restoring environmentally important wetlands, because they enable researchers to investigate tidal marsh plant growth in a controlled setting.

3 Nov 2014

Researchers Accurately Measure Concentrations of PCB Pollutants in Ice of Alpine Glacier

As glaciers increasingly melt in the wake of climate change, it is not only the landscape that is affected. Thawing glaciers also release many industrial pollutants stored in the ice into the environment.

3 Nov 2014

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New Study on Chinese Environmental Pollution Control Equipment Market

Mining in Headwaters Can Affect Fish Habitats Downstream

UPM Researchers Characterize Environmental, Health Risks from Mercury Usage in Artisanal Gold Mining

Study Provides New Insights into Phosphorus Contamination of Lake Pepin

Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Childhood ADHD

Study Determines Importance of Denitrification in Patches of Shallow Groundwater

Neglecting Linkages Between SLCFs and CO2 Overestimates Long-Term Climate Benefits

Thirdhand Smoke Continues to be Harmful Long after a Cigarette Has Been Extinguished

Inexpensive Tidal Simulation Units Could Help Preserve, Restore Environmentally Important Tidal Wetlands

Researchers Accurately Measure Concentrations of PCB Pollutants in Ice of Alpine Glacier

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