Items tagged with pollution

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Biofuel for $2.49/Gallon from Wood or Straw Saturday, January 31st, 2009 - 14:48:56 - Anuradha Menon Researchers push gasification pyrolysis as a means to more affordably process wood and other substances into biofuel. Germany, known as a hotbed for... read more

Declining Male Fertility and Water Pollution Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 - 17:51:23 - Ehud Rattner New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of... read more

Ice Core Reveals Arctic's Pollution History Thursday, August 21st, 2008 - 10:25:09 - Anuradha Menon New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that coal burning... read more

Trees Eat Pollution Products Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 - 17:01:05 - Ehud Rattner Leaves can absorb organic nitrates and turn them into amino acids. Forest canopies can suck up organic nitrogen compounds produced from pollutants... read more

Strange Molecule In The Sky Cleans Acid Rain Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 - 17:57:53 - Anuradha Menon Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that... read more

Scientists to Assess Olympics Air Pollution Saturday, August 9th, 2008 - 10:08:13 - Anuradha Menon As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere... read more

Air Quality Forecasts For China Thursday, July 24th, 2008 - 12:21:13 - Ehud Rattner With less than a month remaining before the Beijing Olympics, Chinese officials have introduced a series of measures to improve air quality for the... read more

US Court Slaps Down Pollution Law Sunday, July 13th, 2008 - 21:27:18 - Ehud Rattner A US appeals court struck down landmark air-pollution regulations on Friday, shocking both environmental and industry groups with a decision that... read more

The Dirtiest Air in China is in Beijing Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 - 14:05:57 - Ehud Rattner Despite advertised measures to decrease pollution, as we approach the one month countdown to the Beijing Olympics, the government's numbers rank... read more

Low Levels of Air Pollution May Cause Stroke Saturday, May 31st, 2008 - 19:32:34 - Ehud Rattner A new study investigated the association between short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and the risk of stroke and found that even... read more

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