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Hundreds of Volunteers Take on River Litter at Talk Like a Pirate Day Events Across the UK

The events and activities took place in cities across the UK on 18th and 19th September, as part of the Treasure Your River campaign which aims to raise awareness of marine litter and offer people the opportunity to get involved in litter clearing interventions.

30 Sep 2021

Scientists to Explore if Pollution Increases the Severity of Thunderstorms

A team of atmospheric scientists from around the nation is descending on the Houston, Texas, area for the next 14 months to seek answers to a vexing question: Do tiny specks of soot, dust, smoke, and other particles suspended in Earth's atmosphere help determine the severity of thunderstorms?

28 Sep 2021

Research Lays Out a Blueprint for Hastening the Development of Atmospheric Methane Removal

Earlier this month, President Biden urged other countries to join the U.S. and European Union in a commitment to slashing methane emissions.

27 Sep 2021

Comprehensive Study Explores Link Between First Lockdown and Air Quality in Central Europe

Corona has indirectly ensured better air. During the year 2020, researchers actually measured a decline in pollutant concentrations in the air worldwide.

22 Sep 2021

Plastic Pollution Clogs River Systems Longer than Previously Thought

A new study by researchers at the University of Leicester shows that plastic pollution clogs river systems for much longer than previously considered.

22 Sep 2021

New Company to Infinitely Recycle Plastic to Solve Plastic Pollution Crisis

Samsara, a new Australian enviro-tech start-up supported by The Australian National University (ANU), looks to “infinitely” recycle plastic to overcome the global plastic pollution crisis.

21 Sep 2021

Plastic Pollutants do not Contaminate Groundwater, but have a Negative Effect on Crops

Wastewater and rivers carry microplastics into the oceans. Wind distributes the particles to the remotest parts of the earth.

17 Sep 2021

Money Matters: Socioeconomic Factors Influence Land and Seafloor Pollution

A study published today used large-scale citizen science data sets to show that socioeconomic factors like wealth and infrastructure combine with geography to influence what, where, and how much pollution is found on land, along waterways and on the seafloor.

17 Sep 2021

U.S. and EU Poised For a 30% Reduction in Methane Emissions by 2030

The United States and European Union are poised to seek the support of other critical greenhouse gas emitting nations for a new Global Methane Pledge designed to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030.

16 Sep 2021

Massive Algal Blooms Triggered Following the 2019 and 2020 Australian Wildfires

According to an international team of researchers led by Duke University, the Australian wildfires of 2019 and 2020 caused clouds of smoke and ash that triggered extensive algal blooms in the Southern Ocean thousands of miles downwind to the east.

16 Sep 2021