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Pollution
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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AUG 20, 2016Videos
This video is worth every one of its eighteen minutes. Media surrounding the disgusting "Dump of Rio" leading up to and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Image Credit: TSRI's Makarenkova lab LA JOLLA, CA – August 18, 2016 – The eye’s lacrimal gland is ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 13, 2016Earth & The Environment
A new report from the Sierra Club provides case studies of 10 US cities that are ready to go 100% clean energy. The foll ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2016Cancer
While federal emergency aid for the lead contamination problem in Flint, Michigan is set to end on August 14, the proble ...AUG 07, 2016Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2016Microbiology
The Olympic Games are underway in Rio, and Guanabara Bay is host to the sailing events. What’s lurking in those wa ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 03, 2016Earth & The Environment
Morocco's ban on the production and use of plastic bags went into effect July 1 after the plastic ban bill was passe ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 27, 2016Videos
With the Summer Olympic games not quite two weeks away, concerns about pollution in Rio are taking center stage. Many of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 26, 2016Infographics
Industrial and small scale pollution has had a negative impact on the biodiversity in ecosystems and public health for c ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJUL 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in the journal Development, researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have identified a cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2016Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common birth defects across the globe, yet scientists know very little about the environmenta ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 21, 2016Microbiology
Algae blooms occur because of run-off. When nutrients and fertilizers flood waterways, it creates ripe conditions for al ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
Winner of the Young Entrepreneur Awards,34 year old Oscar Andres Mendez Gerardino is a go-getter Colombian out to make a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 09, 2016Earth & The Environment
Just two weeks ago the leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico, met at the “Three Amigos” summit in Ottawa. At ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was initially characterized as one which mediates the effects of the pollutant dioxi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2016Earth & The Environment
A new study in the journal Scientific Reports looks at the dilemma of disproportionality in power plants’ carbon e ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 06, 2016Neuroscience
They’re making a list, and checking it twice, but they aren’t Santa’s helpers. They are a group of sci ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 01, 2016Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2016Technology
The Solar Impulse 2 team has a lot to be excited about as the solar-powered aeroplane has successfully landed in Seville ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2016Plants & Animals
Due to an unfortunate combination of rising sea levels and a major El Niño, new research confirmed from the Great ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 05, 2016Plants & Animals
Artificial light pollution may make life even more difficult for baby sea turtles that are trying to make it in this wor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 24, 2016Videos
China and South Korea have announced a collaboration to look at ways to solve the increasing air pollution problem. Duri ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 22, 2016Earth & The Environment
In the modern age, Earth has become an urban planet. That has dramatic and far-reaching implications for all of Earth&rs ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2016Plants & Animals
Passerby in China were in for a surprise when there were approximately a staggering 35 tons of dead fish floating atop t ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2016
Videos
This video is worth every one of its eighteen minutes. Media surrounding the disgusting "Dump of Rio" leading up to and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Image Credit: TSRI's Makarenkova lab LA JOLLA, CA – August 18, 2016 – The eye’s lacrimal gland is
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 13, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A new report from the Sierra Club provides case studies of 10 US cities that are ready to go 100% clean energy. The foll
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2016
Cancer
While federal emergency aid for the lead contamination problem in Flint, Michigan is set to end on August 14, the proble
...
AUG 07, 2016
Microbiology
Toxins and heavily polluted environments can have a big impact on human health. Sometimes, humans live and work right in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2016
Microbiology
The Olympic Games are underway in Rio, and Guanabara Bay is host to the sailing events. What’s lurking in those wa
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 03, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Morocco's ban on the production and use of plastic bags went into effect July 1 after the plastic ban bill was passe
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 27, 2016
Videos
With the Summer Olympic games not quite two weeks away, concerns about pollution in Rio are taking center stage. Many of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 26, 2016
Infographics
Industrial and small scale pollution has had a negative impact on the biodiversity in ecosystems and public health for c
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JUL 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in the journal Development, researchers at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have identified a cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2016
Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common birth defects across the globe, yet scientists know very little about the environmenta
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 21, 2016
Microbiology
Algae blooms occur because of run-off. When nutrients and fertilizers flood waterways, it creates ripe conditions for al
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Winner of the Young Entrepreneur Awards,34 year old Oscar Andres Mendez Gerardino is a go-getter Colombian out to make a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 09, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Just two weeks ago the leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico, met at the “Three Amigos” summit in Ottawa. At
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) was initially characterized as one which mediates the effects of the pollutant dioxi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2016
Earth & The Environment
A new study in the journal Scientific Reports looks at the dilemma of disproportionality in power plants’ carbon e
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 06, 2016
Neuroscience
They’re making a list, and checking it twice, but they aren’t Santa’s helpers. They are a group of sci
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 01, 2016
Microbiology
Coral reefs are known to be crucial for the health of the marine species that rely on them but also to the planet as a w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2016
Technology
The Solar Impulse 2 team has a lot to be excited about as the solar-powered aeroplane has successfully landed in Seville
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2016
Plants & Animals
Due to an unfortunate combination of rising sea levels and a major El Niño, new research confirmed from the Great
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 05, 2016
Plants & Animals
Artificial light pollution may make life even more difficult for baby sea turtles that are trying to make it in this wor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2016
Videos
China and South Korea have announced a collaboration to look at ways to solve the increasing air pollution problem. Duri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 22, 2016
Earth & The Environment
In the modern age, Earth has become an urban planet. That has dramatic and far-reaching implications for all of Earth&rs
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
Passerby in China were in for a surprise when there were approximately a staggering 35 tons of dead fish floating atop t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard