A Muslim man prepares for prayer by doing a ritual washing.
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Islamic law requires Muslims to ritually clean their body before praying. This guidance has particular relevance at a time when hand-washing is important to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Riverside forests are important for freshwater ecosystem
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Population growth and attendant human activities are destroying a freshwater ecosystem.
Mark Ruffalo as Robert Bilott, the ‘lawyer who became DuPont’s worst nightmare’.
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What drives an industry leader like DuPont to prioritise corporate profit over stakeholder prosperity?
Mark Ruffalo plays corporate defence attorney Robert Bilott in Dark Waters (2020).
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PFAS have been used in everything from coffee cups to frying pans. But they’re toxic, and accumulating in the environment.
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Radical thinking in Greater Manchester’s cycling and walking plan could direct cities away from car-focused infrastructure.
Secondhand smoke may come from many miles away.
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According to a new study, about four in 10 air pollution deaths in the US are due to emissions crossing state lines.
The amount of cadmium content in cocoa beans depends on the location and soil conditions where the chocolate plant is grown and type of chocolate plant itself.
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Chocolate plants can absorb cadmium through their roots and store it in chocolate leaves and seeds. Cadmium levels in processed chocolate depending on the production process and the producers.
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If you want to swim in the Yarra River, you can check the water quality to see if it’s safe. If you want to swim in the Nepean River, you can’t – and that’s a problem.
Industrial activities like mining, fossil fuel combustion, and cement production release mercury into the environment.
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Plants can store mercury and keep it from contaminating waterways, air and soils. Unfortunately, that mercury is released when plants burn.
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CO₂ will need to be removed from the atmosphere to avoid catastrophic heating. Can the process be incentivised?
Water purification at a modern urban wastewater treatment plant involves removing undesirable chemicals, suspended solids and gases from contaminated water.
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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.
Plastic washed up on the seashore in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Nigeria’s government must encourage citizens to embrace a system where plastic never become waste.
The world’s data centres produce about the same amount of carbon dioxide as global air travel.
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The digital economy is taking off. So are the greenhouse gas emissions, electronic waste and pollution associated with it.
A lithograph from Gaston Tissandier’s balloon travels depicts falling stars.
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Not so long ago, people had no idea what would happen to them – and what they would see – once they ascended into the clouds.
Air, water, land and wildlife are tainted with thousands of chemicals that we cannot see, smell or touch — and may not be considered a threat to wildlife.
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Scientists have a new approach to understanding how pollution threatens species at risk in Canada.
On Thursday air pollution levels in Sydney reached hazardous levels for the second time in a week.
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Smoke haze appears to make it hard for participants in financial markets to make the right decisions. The finding has far-reaching implications.
Mercury levels in Pacific sardines could rise by as much as 14 per cent if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise.
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Regulations have lowered mercury emissions globally, but the risks to ocean ecosystems and human health may be getting worse.
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Wetlands are an important resource that needs to be taken better care of.
Sulfur pollution causes respiratory health problems.
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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.
Nairobi River flows through a low-income settlement.
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There are huge holes in the governance of Nairobi river and city’s waste which means the river’s condition has deteriorated.