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Scientists Find Unexpected Drop in Ammonia Emissions Due to COVID-19 Lockdowns

Most Chinese working in the cities return to work today after a 7-day public holiday of Spring Festival.

19 Feb 2021

Rare Earth Elements are Contaminating Consumer and Environmental Plastics

According to a new study, some of the rarest metals found on Earth - utilized in smartphones and other electrical equipment manufacturing - are increasingly being found in day-to-day consumer plastics.

18 Feb 2021

New Data Show Overuse of Reliever Medication in Asthma is Responsible for 250,000 Tonnes of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Every Year in the UK

New analysis of respiratory inhaler medicine use in the UK shows that 83% of all short-acting beta-2-agonist (SABA) relievers for asthma are prescribed to patients who are potentially overusing their reliever medication (prescribed =3 inhalers/year).

18 Feb 2021

Emission-Free Renewable Power Generation can Improve China’s Air Quality

Poor air quality accounts for premature death in around 1.2 million Chinese citizens every year.

17 Feb 2021

Study Confirms the Presence of Tobacco Smoke-Driven Particulates in Airborne Particulate Matter

In a courtesy call to HE the President of Malta at San Anton Palace on Thursday, February 11, 2021, Dr Noel Aquilina from the Department of Chemistry, accompanied by Professor Emmanuel Sinagra, Head of the Department of Chemistry and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Malta, presented the findings of a landmark study.

15 Feb 2021

Emissions of CFC-11 are Back on Decline After a Brief Resurgence

A new study reports that worldwide emissions of a potent substance alleged to deplete the Earth’s ozone layer, which is the protective barrier that absorbs the harmful UV rays from the Sun—have decreased very fast and are now again on the decline.

12 Feb 2021

Report Highlights the Need to Deal with Low-Carbon Transition Risks Seriously

On February 19, the world's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter, the United-States, will rejoin the Paris Agreement. This will kickstart a year of intensifying policy activity ahead of the United Nations Climate Change conference (COP26) in November, when countries will re-commit to their emissions reduction goals.

12 Feb 2021

The Role of Regional Ocean Governance in the Fight Against Marine Plastic Pollution

( Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS) ) Millions of tonnes of plastic waste find their way into the ocean every year. A team of researchers from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam has investigated the role of regional ocean governance in the fight against marine plastic pollution, highlighting why regional marine governance should be further strengthened as negotiations for a new global agreement continue.

12 Feb 2021

Reduction in CFC-11 Emissions Puts Recovery of Stratospheric Ozone Layer Back on Track

A potent ozone-depleting chemical whose emissions unexpectedly spiked in recent years has quickly dropped back to much lower levels, putting the recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer back on track, according to a new study by scientists at MIT, the University of Bristol, and other institutions in South Korea, the U.S., Japan, Australia, and Switzerland.

11 Feb 2021

Traffic Reductions Caused by COVID-19 Lockdown Improved Air Quality in Some States

Dramatic decreases in traffic caused by COVID-19 shutdowns improved air quality in car-dependent states but didn't offset additional forms of pollution in other parts of the country.

11 Feb 2021