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Bikini sucks pollutants in seawater
American scientists are developing bikini swimsuits that can filter contaminants in seawater around the wearer.
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Pollutant emissions increased record high
In 2013, atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions increased at the highest level in nearly 30 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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Beijing improves air quality by 2030
The Chinese environmental agency recently said that concentrations of polluting particles in Beijing's air are expected to fall to a safe level according to internationa…
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Western Amazon is threatened by oil pollution
A new study of polluted areas shows that the West Amazon, an extremely bio-cultural and diverse area, may have been contaminated by widespread oil pollution over the pas…
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China's 'export' of pollution to the United States
Dirty waste from Chinese exports surpassed the Pacific to contribute to pollution in the United States.
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Air pollution makes women dumb
Scientists from Rush University Medical Center have demonstrated that exposure in the atmosphere contains many pollutants that will occur the intellectual decline of adu…
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Red rain like blood in India
The strange rain appeared in Kannur, Kerala state, India at about 6:50 am on July 5, local time and lasted for 15 minutes, the Times of India reported. Many people panic…
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Dirty air causes a heart attack
A group of French researchers, led by Hazrije Mustafic of the Paris Heart Research Center, published the information in the journal of the American Medical Association o…
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NASA satellite discovered Niagara Falls is polluted
Not only water, but also pollutants originating from forest fires thousands of miles away in Ontario, Canada, are polluting the Niagara Falls on the border between the U…
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Japan planted radiation-resistant sunflowers
Last March earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused a nuclear disaster that made Cesi (Cs) radioactive material quite high in Fukushima prefecture and surrounding areas.
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Prevent soot to help reduce Earth temperature
Rapid restriction of pollutants such as carbon black (generated from engine exhaust and vegetable oil, also known as soot) and smog including metal gas and ozone near th…
Environment
Urban air pollution increases because of electric lights
Artificial light in cities at night hinders the formation of air cleaners.
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Climate change increases the risk of cancer
A study by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) shows that, when the earth warms, melting ice in two poles releases a large amount ...
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Asian monsoon: the cause of dispersing pollutants
During the Asian monsoon period pollutants are most strongly dispersed into the upper atmosphere, making them more lasting in the air and spreading globally.
Environment
Tracing the mysterious filter of the atmosphere
Nature uses a substance capable of destroying pollutants to clean the air, but so far humans have not found this substance.