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#1332522022-02-16
How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish you eat
People fishing along the banks of the White River as it winds through Indianapolis sometimes pass by ominous signs warning about eating the fish they catch.
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#1203712019-03-14
How pollution and greenhouse gases affect the climate in the Sahel
Over the last decade many countries in the Sahel region—the semi-arid southern edge of the Sahara that stretches from Senegal to Ethiopia—have been embroiled in conflict. Populations in these countries are growing. This means that resources are increasingly scarce, and a highly variable climate ...
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#1263962020-12-21
How the US Clean Air Act saved 1.5 billion birds in 50 years
The improved air quality and reduced ozone pollution that followed the 1970 passage of the US Clean Air Act and later amendments have saved the lives of 1.5 billion birds across the continent, according to new research.
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#1285482021-05-11
How to fix pollution, noise, and stress in cities using only plants
Turning existing city infrastructure green by installing plants can filter out fine dust and noise, reduce urban heat island effects, and even reduce stress. All it takes is regreening 20 percent of façades and rooftops for every fifth building in a city.
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#1229582019-11-11
How to see stars and tackle light pollution in your own backyard
The dark skies of the great outdoors help people to see the wonders of space, either with the naked eye or using telescopes. That's why observatories are usually placed in high altitudes or remote locations, where there's often outstanding natural beauty and little light pollution.
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#1331702022-02-14
How ‘forever chemicals’ are using marine life to travel the world by sea
When scientists found women in the remote Faroe Islands had unusually high concentrations of toxic industrial chemicals in their breast milk, it seemed a surprising discovery.
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#1229052019-11-07
Huge amounts of abandoned fishing gear litter the world's oceans
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of lost, abandoned and discarded fishing gear litter the world’s oceans. In some areas, this gear accounts for 30 per cent of the catch, trapping turtles, seabirds and whales as well as commercially fished species.
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#1268382021-02-03
Human noise affects animal behaviour, studies show
Working from home during Covid-19 has brought noise pollution close to home, whether it’s your partner making calls within earshot or grinding coffee during your Zoom interview. Now research suggests the animal kingdom is also disturbed by the noise of humans and our gadgets.
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#1338912022-03-31
Hunting toxic chemicals in the Arctic
At first, it was a simple question: what exactly did oil pollution do to gray seals off the coast of Norway?
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#1292862021-06-14
Illegal sewage discharge in English rivers 10 times higher than official data suggests
Water companies are being allowed to unlawfully discharge raw sewage into rivers at a scale at least 10 times greater than Environment Agency prosecutions indicate, according to analysis to be presented to the government.
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#1325602022-01-17
In Kathmandu, a struggle for water amid worsening floods
Stuffed garbage bags float gently down the Bisnumati River in the western part of Kathmandu. The river, sacred to Nepal’s Hindu and Buddhist populations, is one of the main waterways running through the Kathmandu Valley. Brownish water empties from pipes directly into the river: unfiltered sewag ...
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#1261932020-12-11
In Pictures: How much plastic are you eating?
Plastic production surged in the last 50 years, and we could be ingesting the equivalent of a credit card of plastic a week.What’s for dinner? Lego sushi, credit card burgers, or a well-done piece of PVC pipe? These examples may sound extreme, but can easily represent over time the cumulative am ...
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#1335652022-02-28
In a biodiversity haven, mining drives highest ever recorded levels of mercury
Years of artisanal mining along the Madre de Dios River and its tributaries have left their marks, both seen and unseen. Miners, swarming to the region in a modern-day goldrush, have cleared away pockets of this sliver of the Peruvian Amazon.
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#1323372022-01-06
Increase in US wildfires has led to increase in co-occurrence of two kinds of air pollution
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in the U.S. has found that an increase in wildfires in western parts of the United States has led to increases in two kinds of air pollutants in areas both near to the fires and far away.
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#1223332019-09-24
Indonesian forest fires putting 10 million children at risk: UN
Indonesian forest fires are putting nearly 10 million children at risk from air pollution, the United Nations warned Tuesday, as scientists said the blazes were releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases.
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#1200732019-02-22
Indonesians clean up the beach one sandal at a time
Hundreds of people sifted through a vast wasteland of rubbish strewn across a beach in Indonesia on Thursday, underscoring the Southeast Asian archipelago's mammoth marine waste problem
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#2050Intergouvernamental Forum on Chemical Safety
21 - 29 September 2006, Budapest, Hungary
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#1402International Conference on Waste Management & Pest & Rodent Control
6 - 9 September 2003, Muscat, Oman
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#5209International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2013, Mulitple Venues
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#5369International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2014
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#5463International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2015, Nairobi, Kenya
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#5858International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2019, Nairobi, Kenya
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#6085International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2021, Nairobi, Kenya
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#6228International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
16 September 2022, Nairobi, Kenya
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#5630International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2017
16 September 2017, Nairobi, Kenya
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#5979International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2020
16 September 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
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#6226International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
7 September 2022, New York, United States of America
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#1803International Workshop on Management of Hazardous Substances and Goods
6 - 17 September 2004, Muttenz, Switzerland
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#1311402021-10-25
Into the 'plastisphere': Scientists comb Japan waters to study new eco threat
A boat's crew casts a net into the seemingly clean waters off Japan's Izu peninsula, but not to catch fish—they are scooping up microplastics to learn more about the pollution's impact on marine life.
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#1228602019-11-04
Investigation: Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint, Michigan, according to an investigation that tested drinking water in hundreds of homes and revi ...
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#1224592019-10-01
Island reveals rising tide of plastic waste
A remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean has helped reveal the scale of the problem of plastic waste facing our seas. Some 75% of bottles washed ashore on Inaccessible Island, in the South Atlantic, were found to be from Asia - with most made in China.
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#1239052020-01-23
It's Not Just the Oceans: Our Air Is Filled With Microplastics, Too
Matthew Shribman, a science presenter and environmentalist, is not going to sugarcoat the devastating consequences of plastic pollution for life on Earth.
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#1199672019-02-15
It's not just microbeads - these are the beauty ingredients that are still polluting our oceans
Remember January 8th 2018? No? Well, it was a great day, namely because the UK government banned the production of microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics, including shower gels, soaps and face wash.
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#1273732021-02-26
It's not just oceans: scientists find plastic is also polluting the air
Plastic waste in our oceans is now a well-known issue but new data shows that plastic is adding to air pollution in Indian cities too.
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#1250732020-04-13
It's positively alpine!': Disbelief in big cities as air pollution falls
The screenshots began to circulate on Delhi WhatsApp groups last week, captioned with varying expressions of disbelief. Having checked the air quality index, something of a sadistic morning ritual among residents of India’s capital, most could not believe their eyes.
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#1218822019-08-13
It's raining plastic: microscopic fibers fall from the sky in Rocky Mountains
Discovery raises new questions about the amount of plastic waste permeating the air, water, and soil virtually everywhere on Earth
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#1187322018-10-30
It's time to ditch plastic bottles and help keep our oceans free from pollution
Plastic bottles are one of the most common items found in the Thames, making up 10 per cent of shoreline litter last year, according to the charity Thames21.
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#1203172019-03-12
It’s time to let go of nitrogen fertiliser
In the first decade of the 20th century, two German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, developed a way to produce synthetic nitrogen cheaply and on a large scale.
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#1209992019-05-09
Japan plans microplastics reduction in marine environments by 2020
Voluntary actions so far have seen success
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#1245792020-03-09
Japan’s plastic addiction is affecting oceans and burdening marine life
Japanese society is compact. There’s little space on a resource-strapped island nation. Centered in densely populated metropolitan centers, citizens work closely with one another to ensure a harmonious society.
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#5641Joint 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and the 29th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
20 - 24 November 2017, Montreal, Canada
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#4767Joint 9th Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention and 23rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
14 - 18 November 2011, Bali, Indonesia
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#5640Meeting
#6169News Headlines
#1272292021-02-19
Kenya: Call for Ban on Plastic Bottles as Oceans Choke on Pollution
Ban plastic bottles to save people and aquatic life , researchers have told the government. The researchers warned that as plastic pollution increases in the country, Kenyans will suffer from health complications related to pollution.
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#1288592021-05-26
Kīlauea's gas plumes reveal hidden dangers of volcanic pollution
A team of volcanologists who observed the colossal 2018 eruption of Kīlauea, Hawai'i, have tracked how potentially toxic metals carried in its gas plumes were transported away from the volcano to be deposited on the landscape.
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#1225072019-10-03
Lake Maracaibo: polluted by a permanent black tide
Smelling like an oil refinery, the vast expanse of Lake Maracaibo has become polluted by its own reserves of crude as Venezuela's economic collapse has left wells and pipelines in ruin.
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#1993Law Enforcement Issues Regarding Vessel Pollution (Closed to the Public)
17 - 18 November 2004, California, United States of America
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#1204652019-03-22
Le plastique menace la biodiversité aux Galápagos
Juste armés de gants, gardes du parc des Galápagos et bénévoles combattent un monstre créé par les humains: des tonnes de plastique que les courants marins poussent jusque dans les estomacs des animaux uniques de cet archipel de l'océan Pacifique.
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#1263952020-12-21
Light Pollution Is Causing Birds to Nest Earlier, Mitigating Some Effects of Climate Change
People might admire the glowing, golden aura of a city illuminated against the night sky, but the consequences for wildlife aren't so beautiful. Light pollution from artificial sources at night disrupts how animals process their environment, and it's triggered crashes in insect populations, an u ...