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Pollution: is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollutants, the components of pollution, can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants.
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OCT 29, 2017Earth & The Environment
What would you say are the leading causes of death globally? Would you say hunger? Or water-borne diseases? Heart attack ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 27, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Just how far are we from the world of hydrogen-powered transportation? The answer is obvious: pretty far. But the good n ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 26, 2017Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences utilized collections of old birds from natural histor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 06, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The lasso peptide Benenodin-1. Credit: RCSB The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored three of the most esteemed scienti ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 05, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Hydrogenation of magnesium diboride illustrated in the ball-stick model. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 27, 2017Earth & The Environment
Okay, so let’s admit it: we know very little about the depths of our oceans. But staring straight into the face of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Healt ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 19, 2017Earth & The Environment
In an effort to better understand pockets of urban air pollution in California’s West Oakland, Google Street View ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 07, 2017Plants & Animals
When you’re trying to learn about animal behavior, what better way than to set up various camera traps around thei ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2017Videos
Last year, Beijing issued several red pollution alerts, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the ...SEP 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has been perhaps even scarier for residents than the flooding itself: petrochemical pl ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
You may be surprised by what the wind gusts around the world. Scientists know that dust from Asia blows across the Pacif ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The reaction mechanism that is responsible for NOx catalytic reduction in diesel engine emission-control process. Credit ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 19, 2017Videos
Humans have succeeded where other species have failed because of our ingenuity. But the same technologies and inventions ...AUG 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
A new study from a team of scientists at the University of Washington suggests that adding a probiotic to poplar trees c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 16, 2017Videos
It's a fact that trees can absorb CO2 from the air and mitigate the impact of air pollution, but in many large cities th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 01, 2017Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
In response to the outrage that the EPA is turning a blind eye to Texas industries’ pollution missteps, environmen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 20, 2017Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2017Videos
Oil spills happen all over the world, both on land and in the ocean. Although the oil comes from a natural source, it's ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
France announced its goal on Thursday to ban the sale of diesel and gas vehicles by 2040 as part of its renewal to the c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 30, 2017Earth & The Environment
Grassroots environmental groups had a victory yesterday when Spectra Energy Partners, a company involved in the Access N ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 29, 2017
Earth & The Environment
What would you say are the leading causes of death globally? Would you say hunger? Or water-borne diseases? Heart attack
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 27, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Just how far are we from the world of hydrogen-powered transportation? The answer is obvious: pretty far. But the good n
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 26, 2017
Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences utilized collections of old birds from natural histor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 06, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The lasso peptide Benenodin-1. Credit: RCSB The 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry honored three of the most esteemed scienti
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 05, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Hydrogenation of magnesium diboride illustrated in the ball-stick model. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 27, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Okay, so let’s admit it: we know very little about the depths of our oceans. But staring straight into the face of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Healt
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 19, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In an effort to better understand pockets of urban air pollution in California’s West Oakland, Google Street View
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 07, 2017
Plants & Animals
When you’re trying to learn about animal behavior, what better way than to set up various camera traps around thei
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2017
Videos
Last year, Beijing issued several red pollution alerts, warning its residents of dangerously high levels of smog in the
...
SEP 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has been perhaps even scarier for residents than the flooding itself: petrochemical pl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You may be surprised by what the wind gusts around the world. Scientists know that dust from Asia blows across the Pacif
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The reaction mechanism that is responsible for NOx catalytic reduction in diesel engine emission-control process. Credit
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 19, 2017
Videos
Humans have succeeded where other species have failed because of our ingenuity. But the same technologies and inventions
...
AUG 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study from a team of scientists at the University of Washington suggests that adding a probiotic to poplar trees c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 16, 2017
Videos
It's a fact that trees can absorb CO2 from the air and mitigate the impact of air pollution, but in many large cities th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have recently published a new study in the journal Environmental Re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 01, 2017
Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
In response to the outrage that the EPA is turning a blind eye to Texas industries’ pollution missteps, environmen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 20, 2017
Microbiology
As antibiotic-resistance among pathogens becomes an ever-bigger problem, the pressure is on to find new antibiotics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2017
Videos
Oil spills happen all over the world, both on land and in the ocean. Although the oil comes from a natural source, it's
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
France announced its goal on Thursday to ban the sale of diesel and gas vehicles by 2040 as part of its renewal to the c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 30, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Grassroots environmental groups had a victory yesterday when Spectra Energy Partners, a company involved in the Access N
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan