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DEP Awards over $750,000 in Annual Coastal Zone Management Grants to 22 Pennsylvania Organizations

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded more than $750,000 in annual coastal zone management grants to organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving Pennsylvania's coastal zones along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary.

11 Aug 2014

Commonly Used Anxiety Drug May Have Serious, Cascading Ecological Consequences

A drug that is commonly used to treat anxiety in humans and which regularly finds its way into surface waters through wastewater effluence has been shown to reduce mortality rates in fish.

8 Aug 2014

Lake Junín National Reserve in Peru Contaminated with Heavy Metals

Hydraulic engineering is increasingly relied on for hydroelectricity generation. However, redirecting stream flow can yield unintended consequences. In the August 2014 issue of GSA Today, Donald Rodbell of Union College-Schenectady and coauthors from the U.S. and Peru document the wholesale contamination of the Lake Junín National Reserve by acid mine drainage from the Cerro de Pasco mining district.

5 Aug 2014

Environmental Impact of Chemical Contamination in Shale Gas Production Needs to be Determined

As production of shale gas soars, the industry's effects on nature and wildlife remain largely unexplored, according to a study by a group of conservation biologists published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment on August 1.

5 Aug 2014

Bacteria Consumed Only Part of Toxins Released During Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Says FSU Researcher

A Florida State University researcher found that bacteria in the Gulf of Mexico consumed many of the toxic components of the oil released during the Deepwater Horizon spill in the months after the spill, but not the most toxic contaminants.

1 Aug 2014

Cool Burning Flames Discovered in Space Could Lead to Better Internal Combustion Engines

A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could lead to cleaner, more efficient engines for cars.

29 Jul 2014

Experts Discuss EPA’s $1.7 Billion Cleanup Plan for Passaic River

Environmental cleanup experts gathered at NJIT this week for an all-day public forum on a $1.7 billion proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dredge toxic sediment from an eight-mile stretch of the lower Passaic River.

25 Jul 2014

UPM Researchers Identify Plant Species That Can Help in Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils

Researchers at UPM have studied the arsenic and heavy metal levels in plants from an old mine of Madrid. They identified a species that can help in phytoremediation works.

25 Jul 2014

Novel Tray for Grills Catches Grease to Reduce Pollution

A team of University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering students have designed a tray that when placed under the grates of a backyard grill reduces by 70 percent the level of a harmful pollutant produced during cooking.

22 Jul 2014

OCO-2 to Soon Provide Quality Measurements of Global Carbon Concentrations

NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, which launched on July 2, will soon be providing about 100,000 high-quality measurements each day of carbon dioxide concentrations from around the globe.

21 Jul 2014

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DEP Awards over $750,000 in Annual Coastal Zone Management Grants to 22 Pennsylvania Organizations

Commonly Used Anxiety Drug May Have Serious, Cascading Ecological Consequences

Lake Junín National Reserve in Peru Contaminated with Heavy Metals

Environmental Impact of Chemical Contamination in Shale Gas Production Needs to be Determined

Bacteria Consumed Only Part of Toxins Released During Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Says FSU Researcher

Cool Burning Flames Discovered in Space Could Lead to Better Internal Combustion Engines

Experts Discuss EPA’s $1.7 Billion Cleanup Plan for Passaic River

UPM Researchers Identify Plant Species That Can Help in Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils

Novel Tray for Grills Catches Grease to Reduce Pollution

OCO-2 to Soon Provide Quality Measurements of Global Carbon Concentrations

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