Top Honours for University’s Environmental EffortsThe University of Bristol’s efforts to be environmentally friendly and ethical are first class, according to a new league table.
NIH, ONC, and EPA Award $100,000 to Winner of Health and Technology ChallengeWinning technology creates a personal, portable, and wearable air pollution sensor, developed under the My Air, My Health Challenge.
Aligning Energy Technologies and Climate Change GoalsThe cost and performance of future energy technologies will largely determine to what degree nations are able to reduce the effects of climate change.
Is Enough Being Done to Make Drinking Water Safe?Arsenic in water is threatening the lives of several hundred million people.
California, Nations Must Act Now on EnvironmentGov. Jerry Brown highlights areas to be addressed to avoid further harm to the Earth’s ecosystem.
Study Suggests Dairy Herd Water Quality Linked to Milk ProductionA recently completed study of water supplies on Pennsylvania dairy farms found that about a quarter of those tested had at least one water-quality issue.
Environmental Law Institute Recognizes Penn State Wetlands ScientistRobert P. Brooks, a wetlands scientist at Penn State, has received the 2013 National Wetlands Award for Science Research.
Low-Grade Cotton Brings Top Value in Oil Spill CleanupEcologically friendly discovery is joint effort between Texas Tech University, Cotton Incorporated.
Global Warming Continues; Most Extreme Projections ‘Less Likely’Observations of the climate system’s response to rising greenhouse gas levels are consistent with conventional estimates of the long-term ‘climate sensitivity’, despite a “warming pause” over the past decade.
Methane Levels Studied Across StatesA UC Santa Barbara scientist has found that methane emissions across large parts of the U.S. are higher than currently known.
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