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The solids from wastewater plants are usually dumped into landfills because they are contaminated with heavy metals. Now there is a way to remove the metals so the waste can be used as fertilizer.
Nigeria’s government must encourage citizens to embrace a system where plastic never become waste.
The digital economy is taking off. So are the greenhouse gas emissions, electronic waste and pollution associated with it.
Not so long ago, people had no idea what would happen to them – and what they would see – once they ascended into the clouds.
Scientists have a new approach to understanding how pollution threatens species at risk in Canada.
Smoke haze appears to make it hard for participants in financial markets to make the right decisions. The finding has far-reaching implications.
Regulations have lowered mercury emissions globally, but the risks to ocean ecosystems and human health may be getting worse.
Wetlands are an important resource that needs to be taken better care of.
Sulfur contaminates gasoline and coal, and when these fuels are burned, sulfur dioxide is emitted, causing pollution and respiratory issues. Now there may be a new, cheaper way to remove it.
There are huge holes in the governance of Nairobi river and city’s waste which means the river’s condition has deteriorated.
Taxi drivers are exposed to twice the level of pollution compared to other drivers.
Levels of microplastics in the ocean are rising. More study is needed to figure out how these microplastics affect the qualities and properties of sea ice, and what the potential impact may be.
The eastern Arctic and sub-Arctic marine areas of Canada are changing rapidly under climate change.
The ‘superblocks’ are expected to have massive benefits for health and well-being – but it takes good governance.
There are studies showing that farmers can have economic benefits from palm oil. However, they can also be impoverished by the commodity.
A giant ocean fish swims into the heart of industrial Port Kembla looking for food. What if we take its presence, a few km from an ancient, living midden, as a symbol of both new and old ways to learn in the age of the Anthropocene?
Our experiment shows we need to work out just how damaging discarded cigarettes are to plantlife.
Flint’s highest recorded lead levels were typical for water systems that report problems. What’s more, a number of cities haven’t reported their lead issues.
The court case highlighted that key environmental challenges were not adequately covered by the Environmental Impact Assessment
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Adelaide
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Director of CORDIO in East Africa and Adjunct Fellow, Pwani University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Lecturer of Environmental Chemistry, Madonna University, Nigeria
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Part-time lecturer and Director of the Africa Livelihood Innovations for Sustainable Environment Consulting Group, University of Nairobi
