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Historical Pollution, Not Current Industrial Emissions, Damaged the World's Largest and Oldest Collection of Ancient Rock Art, Study Suggests
Researchers say that past exposure to sulfur dioxide is likely to blame for the increased porosity of the Murujuga rock art created by the Ngarda-Ngarli people tens of thousands of years ago
What live sewage spill data does (and doesn't) tell us about water pollution
During periods of heavy rainfall, pipes known as storm overflows aim to prevent excess water from overflowing into the sewage system. But this is not always the case.
What live sewage spill data does (and doesn’t) tell us about water pollution
England’s event duration monitoring system records when a sewage overflow starts and stops. But duration alone tells us very little about the pollution released.
Rights panel steps in over noise pollution from temple in Kerala’s Malappuram
Acting on a complaint filed by a local resident, the SHRC orders the police to strictly enforce noise pollution control rules and take steps to prevent the temple from generating sound beyond the permitted level
The devastating impact of copper and cobalt mining pollution in Lualaba, DRC
The slogan 'DRC, a solution country' to the energy transition is merely a facade, masking the mining pollution that destroys the environment and human lives alike.
Musk’s faster path to more gas turbines comes with pollution problem
Elon Musk says a secretive new SpaceX foundry will let him cast his own turbine blades and get gas power online 18 months faster than anyone else — but it's a bet on a fuel source that's already triggering lawsuits and health studies everywhere his (and others') turbines have gon
Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution
Just as new data centers face growing backlash from neighboring communities, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to make it harder for people to weigh in on any pollution those centers create.
EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
Article URL: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-issues-permitting-guidance-further-president-trumps-agenda-promoting-data-centers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49478103 Points: 127 # Comments: 78
Clear the Air: Is Pollution Making Your Skin Worse?
As global temperatures rise, writer Alice Gregory wonders if her skin is being negatively impacted.
U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits with
The U.S. government is looking to move a critical transparency step in the approval of data centers behind closed doors. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has plans to remove a requirement that forces states to seek public feedback on applications for air pollution permit
Mapping Air Pollution With MAIA Sensors in Addis Ababa
Description This map of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, shows the locations of 10 air sensors that NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) mission is using to provide one of the most detailed looks ever at the city’s air pollution. Over the course of three years, thes
Transforming polyamide microplastics into light-emitting carbon quantum dots for UV-blocking food packaging
Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century.
After 80 years, elusive molecules reveal how ozone starts turning plant emissions into haze
Scientists have directly observed a fleeting chemical reaction that creates a key ingredient in urban smog. The research offers insight into the earliest stages of pollution formation and could help improve air quality forecasting models.
Plastic bottles can be turned into edible, vanilla-flavour cookies
Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic pollution are created each year. One option may be to turn the pollution into food, but critics voice concerns
Vulnerability to wildfire smoke is in our genes, thanks to an evolutionary quirk
Mutations that occurred tens of thousands of years ago made humans uniquely sensitive to particulate air pollution.
Stone quarries put Assam semiconductor plant at risk
Green activists and local organisations have petitioned the government on flash floods and air pollution caused by the quarries and crushers within 5 km of the Tata chip plant, which needs to be insulated from microscopic dust, according to the Indian Semiconductor Mission
The Government Is Still Messing With Fuel Formulas to Try to Curb Gas Prices
The EPA is allowing the sale of more volatile "winter gas" earlier in the year than usual, even though high temps worsen pollution. The post The Government Is Still Messing With Fuel Formulas to Try to Curb Gas Prices appeared first on The Drive .
Massive space mirrors could be 40 times brighter than the full moon, astronomers warn. 'It will be worse than big cities like London'
Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than the full moon to observers standing within its beam on Earth, a study has found.