Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 7, 2023
A seemingly world-first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter ( PM 2.5 ) across the globe reports that only 0.18% of the global land area and 0.001% of the global population are exposed to levels of PM 2.5 – the world’s leading environmental health risk factor – below levels of safety recommended by Word Health Organization (WHO).
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 15, 2022
A new Stanford University-led study seems to reveal that removing one thing in particular – a common air pollutant – could lead to dramatic gains in crop yields. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, are among the most widely emitted pollutants in the world. North and South America generally had the lowest NOx exposures.
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AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
New research has revealed that fossil fuel pollution caused approximately 8.7 and many developed countries in Europe recorded 1 of every 10 deaths due to air pollution. They found that there are direct links between air pollution from burning fossil fuels and ailments such as heart disease, loss of eyesight and respiratory ailments.
Grist
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A sprig of moss is growing on a tree in the Duwamish Valley, the most polluted area in Seattle. While that moss might seem ordinary, it has a secret superpower: It’s keeping a record of the pollution in the air — from the trucks, trains, planes, cargo ships, and hundreds of industrial facilities that surround it.
Grist
APRIL 27, 2022
If these trends continue, experts expect growing disruptions to human health, food supplies, migration, and biodiversity loss driven by climate change, in what the authors calls a “confluence of unprecedented crises.”. People have altered 70 percent of Earth’s lands from their natural state and degraded up to 40 percent.
Grist
DECEMBER 8, 2021
A sprig of moss is growing on a tree in the Duwamish Valley, the most polluted area in Seattle. While that moss might seem ordinary, it has a secret superpower: It’s keeping a record of the pollution in the air — from the trucks, trains, planes, cargo ships, and hundreds of industrial facilities that surround it.
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 21, 2022
Tsunami waves hit Japan, Australia, and North and South America. Saltwater has inundated large portions of the island, possibly polluting aquifers and threatening agricultural land. The January 15 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha?apai, People as far away as Alaska heard the acoustic waves generated by the explosion.
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