Pollution is one of the greatest environmental risks to human health. We explore its different forms, and for each group of pollutants how they end up affecting air, soil and water.
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Microbes under beaches filter out harmful substances, but climate change and rising sea levels threaten their vital function, a study shows.
The Antarctic ice sheet acts as a barrier to protect the continental ice mass. Now new research is beginning to explain how the ice sheet is melting, where very small-scale processes matter.
Are plants actively signalling to each other about impending dangers, or gossiping and eavesdropping on their neighbours?
Among the mysteries of the early Universe that have not yet been solved is the recent one of the “red dots” discovered in 2022 by the James Webb telescope and whose nature is still being investigated.
Researchers challenge everything we already know about UV damage to the skin
A direct link between airborne aerosols spawned by wildfires and the formation of clouds over the Arctic has never been made. A new study published in Atmospheric Research has made one, which has illustrated the need for additional research in a changing climate.
Electroactive biofilter technology substantially reduces the toxicity of contaminants in wastewater, transforming the future of wastewater treatment.
Recycling breakthrough in carbon nanotube fibres could mean greener materials manufacturing.
NASA has been working on projects that transform space data into music, allowing us to experience the cosmos in a whole new way.
Scientists make breakthrough in synthetic biology, develop programmable circuits for human cells
Every day more people seek to minimize their environmental impact when they die. Looking for sustainable alternatives to cremation and burial, some countries are already passing laws that allow people to compost after death.