Mike Joy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
A long-awaited NZ$700 million package to clean up New Zealand’s rivers and lakes has disappointed some of the government’s expert advisers – especially a delay on setting clear pollution limits.
Some of the highest coronavirus hospitalization rates in Denver are in neighborhoods near Valverde, a community that was once redlined.
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Neighborhood characteristics like pollution from busy roads, widespread public transit use and lack of community-based health care are putting certain communities at greater risk from COVID-19.
A rockfish hides in a red tree coral in the deep sea.
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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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Sebastian Eastham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Steven Barrett, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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.
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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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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