pollution

As our biosphere and bodies get polluted by micro-plastics a faint hope is offered. Scientists Say New Device Can Scrub 99.9 Percent of Microplastics From Water We can only hope that this is scalable and the process can be usefully applied.

A friend of mine posted this film on facebook and I've never heard of it before. I did a quick search of the Randi.org forums and didn't find anything for it... Comments? Flow - For The Love Of Water http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1j_LO7mrAQ&feature=related

A new study has shown that pregnant women who lived 309 metres or less from a freeway were twice as likely to have a child with autism. Anti-vaxxers take note! Move far (far far far far far far) from the freeway, give away your cars, and go live in the bush to avoid the pollution.

Never mind the CO2 What about ... Bill would define tire burning as renewable energy Chicago Tribune

I'm wondering exactly how much we're really damaging our planet through pollution and waste, as opposed to what the media tells us... Some of the excitement about global warming has subsided in the wake of scientific proof, and I still haven't seen any pictures of this "Great Pacific Garbage...

I regularly swim in a bay that's too polluted with mercury to eat it's shellfish according to a sign. However there's no sign saying you can't swim and the water is clear. I know a few other people swim in it sometimes so I did. I searched the net a lot and found nothing on it. The problem is...

I'm not sure if this is the correct section to post this under, so feel free to move it if not. I'm doing a paper on carbon monoxide and its hazards. I'm trying to find some sort of report on CO concentration by city, or even by country if it's available. Anyone know where I might be able to...

The automated forum host keeps nagging me to post something, so here goes. Fire away. It involves an interesting little puzzle I thought you guys might like to take a stab at. The other day our local television station in one of those promotions designed to show how "green" the station is...

:con2: So global dimming has been masking global warming (greenhouse effect)...And humanity jumps on its high horse and attempts to reduce pollutants in the atmosphere, less particles attracting water molecules..less sunlight reflection and more chance of millenia of natural cloud formation...

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE REASON FOR EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN INDIAN OCEAN MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti) - The reason for the earthquake and a gigantic tsunami which killed several tens of thousands of people in South and Southeast Asia was probably a global climate change...

Seas Turn To Acid As They Absorb Global Pollution By Geoffrey Lean Environment Editor The Independent - UK 8-1-4 The world's oceans are sacrificing themselves to try to stave off global warming, a major international research programme has discovered. Their waters have absorbed about half of...

Worldwide maps Spot the gas flares over the North Sea:

Air pollution question from northern Calif. not southern Calif. On January 1st, our region is putting a ban on burn barrels and the burning of household trash. This has sparked debate. First, no one disputes the burning of trash per se. Everyone agrees you shouldn't be burning plastics and...