News articles tagged with 'pollution' (Page 21)
Measurements to determine the role of atmospheric fine particles in climate change
— 16 Nov 2007 12:27 | EnvironmentFinnish-led international aerosol project starts extensive worldwide atmospheric measurements: will determine the role of atmospheric fine particles in climate change…
First-ever precise data on Yangtze water quality
— 3 Nov 2007 03:50 | EnvironmentFor the first time, a team including foreign scientists has been authorised by the Chinese government to study water quality on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Hundreds of water…
Space sensors shed new light on air quality
— 22 Oct 2007 16:12 | EnvironmentAir pollution is becoming one of the biggest dangers for the future of the planet, causing premature deaths of humans and damaging flora and fauna. With their vantage point from space,…
Coastal habitats are the most imperilled ecosystems
— 18 Oct 2007 10:56 | EnvironmentThe BBVA Foundation's Third Debate on Conservation Biology, organised jointly with the Cap Salines Coastal Research Station (Imedea-CSIC and University of the Balearic Islands), was…
Recovery from acid rain much slower than expected
— 29 Sep 2007 00:01 | EnvironmentAcid rain was one of the world's worst pollution problems of the 1970s and 1980s, affecting large areas of upland Britain, as well as Europe and North America. In Wales, more than 12,000…
Man-made soot contributed to warming in Greenland in the early 20th century
— 10 Aug 2007 14:45 | EnvironmentNew research shows that industrial development in North America between 1850 and 1950 greatly increased the amount of black carbon - commonly known as soot - that fell on Greenland's…
Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing more rapidly than expected
— 8 Aug 2007 11:38 | EnvironmentCorals in the central and western Pacific ocean are dying faster than previously thought, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have found. Nearly 600 square miles…