Top ten toxic threats 2013
The result of slow degradation
2016 World's worst pollution problems
High tunsten levels increase stroke risk
New paints break down nitrogen oxides
Higher lead levels may lie just below surface
Coal ash ponds found to leak toxic chemicals
Global patterns of nitrate storage in the vadose zone
Environmental pollutants lurk long after they "disappear"
Key to cleaner environment may be right beneath our feet!
Study finds flame retardent pollutants at far-flung locations
What BPA can do to our bodoes - and how to limit your exposure
Manmade pollutants may be driving Earth's tropical belt expansion
Natural bacterial communities serve as quantitative geochemical biosensors
The impacts of endocrine disrupters on wildlife, people and their environments
Exposure to environmental contaminants today can influence behavior generations later
The dilemma in prioritizing chemicals for environmental analysis: known versus unknown hazards
Maganese concentrations higher in residential neighborhoods than industrial sites, levels vary by region
Actions of environmental compounds on reproductive disease: epigenetic biomarkers of ancestral exposure
Air Pollution:
Clear the air
Clean air technologies
A story about air quality
Pollution's toll on the body
Looking for a clean air revolution
Worldwide increase of air pollution
Tracking pollution from outer space
Wood burning is a source of dioxins
Airborne pollutants lead a double life
NASA finds sea ice driving Artic air pollutants
Scientists scrutinize Arctic gas flaring pollution
Arctic ozone levels in never-before-seen plunge
Detecting black carbon in the Arctic atmosphere
Impact of mega-cities on air pollution and climate
How NASA keeps tabs on air pollution from space
Air pollution may boost potency of airborne allergens
Groundbreaking air-cleaner saves polluting industrials
Alpine ecosystems struggle to recover from air pollution
Mortality and burden of disease from ambient air pollution
Trash burning worldwide significantly worsens air pollution
Advanced satellite tracks air pollution in extraordinary detail
Carbon monoxide's potential comeback as a key air pollutant
Researchers pinpoint how trees play role in smog production
Fine particulate air pollution linked with increased autism risk
Scientists eye Chinese satellites to monitor world air pollution
Integrated assessment of black carbon and tropospheric ozone
Urban air pollution - what are the main sources across the world?
Elusive intermediate compound in atmospheric chemistry spotted
Effects of 'business-as-usual' anthropenic emissions on air quality
Billions in savings in health costs through reduction in air pollution
Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year
Scientists discover unexpected side effect to cleaning up urban air
In situ study of the mechanical properties of airborne haze particles
Smog-forming particles may grow quickly in supersaturated urban air
How the great Smog of London woke the world to the dangers of coal
Megacity emissions and lifetimes of nitrogen oxides probed from space
Roadside air can be more charged than under a high voltage power line
More people die from air pollution than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined
Ambient air pollution and the risk of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke
WHO releases country estimates on air pollution exposure and health impact
The last decade of global anthropogenic sulfur dioxide: 2000–2011 emissions
Breakthrough CO2 technology eliminates vehicle exhaust fumes at the source
Newly discovered 'blue whirl' fire tornaado burns cleaner for reduced emissions
New approach could reduce human health impacts of electric power generation
Technical opportunities to reduce global anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide
Rapid growth of new atmospheric particles by nitric acid and ammonia condensation
Ambient carbon monoxide and daily mortality: a global time-series study in 337 cities
Small, portable sensors allow users to monitor exposure to pollution on their smart phones
Global premature mortality from anthropogenic outdoor air pollution & contribution of past climate change
Contributions to cities' ambient particulate matter (PM): review of local source contributions at globall evel
Atmospheric mercury:
Where does urban mercury come from?
New instrument to monitor atmospheric mercury developed
ORNL research reveals new challenges for mercury cleanup
3 things to know about the benefits of reducing mercury emissions
Upper atmosphere facilitates changes that let mercury enter food chain
Air pollution & climate change:
Climate change and air quality
Climate and Clean Air Coalition
Air pollution and climate change
Arabian Sea tropical cyclones are intensified by air pollution
Use of climate-forcing F-gases underline need for innovation
2010 greenhouse gas emissions data from large facilities now available
Response of air stagnation frequency to anthropogenically enhanced radiative forcing
Black carbon aerosols over Manora Peak in the Indian Himalayan foothills: implications for climate forcing
Land & Freshwater Pollution:
Land-based pollution sources
Streams stressed by pharmaceutical pollution
Novel device removes heavy metals from water
Major breakthrough could help detoxify pollutants
Only half of drugs removed by sewerage treatment
Cleaning up decades of phosphorous pollution in lakes
Impacts of atmospheric pollution on aquatic ecosystems
Is radioactive hydrogen in drinking water a cancer threat
New tracers can identify coal ash contamination in water
'Forever chemicals' can have far-reaching consequences
Urban stream contamination increasing rapidly due to road salt
Improving detection of radioactive material in nuclear waste water
Fungicides as an underestimated hazard for freshwater organisms
Nitrogen from humans pollutes remote lakes for more than a century
Scientists discover tiny microbes with potential to cleanse waterways
Mercury from gold mines accumulates hundreds of miles downstream
Long-term study shows acid pollution in rain decreases with emissions
New technique allows frequent water quality monitoring for suite of pollutants
Antibacterial agent used in common soaps found in increasing amounts in freshwater lakes
Coal-tar-based sealcoat & PAHs: Implications for the environment, health & stormwater management
Salmon dying mysteriously on the US West Coast. Scientists think a chemical in tires may be responsible
Plastic pollutants:
A plastic planet
Plastic pollution
Plastic polltion statistics
Fragmentation of plastic waste
Plastic rain is the new acid rain
How dangerous is microplastic?
Making plastic more degradable
A step toward biodegradable plastics
Microplastic from the washing machine
Plastics designed with recycling in mind
New study quantifies microplastic pollution
How plastic waste moves in the environment
New catalysts remove 99% of BPA from water
A new international treaty to end plastic pollution
Microplastics hidden contribution to snow melting
Tires: the plastic polluter you never thought about
Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made
Microplastics in the Great Lakes: becoming benthic
Frontier technologies for addressing plastic pollution
Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments
Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment
New PET-like plastic made directly from waste biomass
Chemists find new way to recycle plastic waste into fuel
Are microplastics the 'technofossils' of the Anthropocene?
Engineers introduce a new approach for recycling plastics
Plastics detective' traces plastics to their source in products
Degrading plastics revealed as source of greenhouse gases
Jakerta's rivers send 2000 tonnes of plastic into ocean each year
Microplastics are hidden in your home. Here's how to avoid them
Sunlight converts polystyrene to CO2 and dissolved organic carbon
How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage
Microbial degradation of polythene terephthalate: a systematic review
Scientists engineer plastic-eating enzyme that could help fight pollution
Wastewater treatment plants significant source of microplastics in rivers
Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic water bottles in hours
An estimated 10,000 metric tons of plastic enter the Great Lakes every year
Wastewater treatment plants as a source of microplastics in river catchments
For the first time, researchers find microplastics deep in the lungs of living people
Breaking down BPA and similar pollutants with sunlight, nanoparticles and graphene
Development of a new technique for rapidly detecting and and classifying microplastics
Ocean & Lake Pollution:
Mercury:
Mercury is altering gene expression
Mercury in the world's oceans on the rise
Pollution triples mercury levels in ocean surface waters
Researchers warn of legacy mercury in the environment
Mercury in coastal fog linked to upwelling of deep ocean water
Global models offer new insights into Great Lakes mercury pollution
Toxic mercury, accumulating in the Arctic, springs from a hidden source
New low-cost nondestructive technology cuts risk from mercury hot spots
Antarctic sea ice may be source of mercury in Southern Ocean fish and birds
Global prevalence and distribution of genes and micro-organisms involved in mercury methylation
Dead zones are a global water pollution challenge - but with sustained effort they can come back to life
Phosphorous:
Reconsideration of the planetary boundary for phosphorous
Ammonium:
Ammonium source in open ocean tracked
Ocean pollution:
High level of lead found in Indian Ocean
Inventor harnessing waves to clean up the seas
Nutrient pollution of coastal rivers, bays, and seas
The grand challenges in marine pollution research
There's a lot of trash in the ocean - here's how to help
Below the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, more garbage
Evidence of oceanic 'green rust' offers hope for the future
River plastic:
Remote sensing tracks down 'plastic plants' in rivers
Just 10 rivers may be to blame for millions of tonnes of ocean plastic
Ocean Plastic:
An ocean of plastic
Plastic in the ocean
The sea as a rubbish tip
The global footprint of plastic
A passive ocean cleanuo begins
Pacific plastic soup grew 100-fold
Plastic particles now infest the Arctic
Microplastic particles threaten fish larvae
A global inventory of small floating plastic debris
Researchers develop plastic from seawater algae
Plastic mirofibre ingestion by deep-sea organisms
Plastic waste in the sea mostly drifts near the coast
Plastic litter taints the sea surface, even in the Arctic
How are microplastics transported to Polar Regions?
Simulated microplastics lurk beneath the ocean surface
New PET-like plastic made directly from waste biomass
'Lost' 99% of ocean microplastics to be identified with a dye?
Microplastics in the ocean: biologists study effects on marine animals
Levels of microplastics in the Baltic have remained constant for 30 years
First evidence of from plastic fallout from the North Pacific Garbage Patch
Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments from the Great Australian Bight
Modeling marine surface microplastic transport to assess optimal removal locations
Global simulations of of marine plastic transport show plastic trapping in coastal zones
MARIDA: a benchmark for marine debris detection from Sentinel-2 remote sensing data
Plastic pollution in the world's oceans: over 5 trillion plastic pieces weighing 250,000 tons afloat at sea
Modeling the pathwways and accumulation patterns of micro- and macro-plastics in the Mediterranean
Study of microplastics in Antarctica shows 89% of samples analysed came from paint of their own ship
Nanoparticles:
Silver nanoparticles may adversely affect environment
New tests for determining health and environmental effects of nanomaterials
For the first time physicists observed and quantified tiny nanoparticles crossing lipid membrane
Tracking technology:
New predictive method pinpoints arsenic hotspots
Maths formula leads researchers to source of pollution
Turning smartphones into personal, real-time pollution monitors
Model shows how façade pollutants make it into the environment
Regional:
Europe:
Europe clears the air
Noise in Europe 2014
Real-time EU air quality data
EU: The clean air policy package
Coal dust kills 23,000 per year in EU
European reference materials website
Air pollution still harming health across Europe
Monitoring chemical pollution in Europe's seas
Traffic pollution still harmful to health in Europe
UK rivers heavily contaminated with microplastics
EMEP/EEA air pollution inventory guidebook 2013
Europe: industrial pollution has high economic cost
Europe's cities still suffering from harmful air pollution
Many Europeans still exposed to harmful air pollutants
New study links air pollution and early death in the UK
Nitrogen oxide emissions still a major problem in Europe
EU to extend coastal pollution fines to 200 nautical miles
European pollutant release and transfer register (E-PRTR)
Contamination of La Selva geothermal system in Girona, Spain
Newly found health effects of air pollution call for stronger EU air policies
EU meets most international air pollution emissions limits, further cuts possible
Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities: a health impact assessment
Impact on the transport of terrigenous and anthropogenic elements to peri-alpine lakes (Switzerland)
USA:
BenMAP
Lead-free water
Flexibility for the future
Report to Congress on black carbon
The Portland US moss and air quality study
US national atmospheric deposition program
Hazardous air pollutants found in cooking stove gas
Made in China for us: air pollution as well as exports
US Flint water crisis: what's in that contaminated water?
Insecticides similar to nicotine widespread in US Midwest
North American regional action plan for mercury - close out report
Eastern US 48-hour air quality forecasts (12 km horizontal resolution)
Nitrogen pollution changing Rocky Mountain National Park vegetation
Lead isotopes yield clues to how Asian air pollution reaches California
Oregon chemists moving forward with tool to detect hydrogen sulphide
Satellite confirms sharp decline in pollution from U.S. coal power plants
EPA issues first national standards for mercury pollution from power plants
Asian emissions can increase ground-level ozone pollution in the US West
Influence of future climate and emissions on regional air quality in California
Half of all children will be autistic by 2025 because of Rundup, MIT scientists
Engineers conduct residential soils study, one of few such U.S. studies ever done
Setting limits: using air pollution thresholds to protect and restore U.S. ecosystems
Hot spots of opportunity for improved cropland nitrogen management across the US
NIST releases two new SRMs for monitoring human exposure to environmental toxins
Seabirds study shows plastic pollution reaching surprising levels off coast of US Pacific Northwest
Changes and return level of high ozone pollution events over the eastern US following emission controls
South America:
Peru industrial pollution feeds conflict
Air pollution in Peru from 500 years ago discovered
Climate and Air Pollution Modelling in South America with Focus on Megacities
Asia:
China:
Pollution in China
China's smog suffocating agriculture?
Cadmium poisoning from China plant kills 26
China arms itself for difficult 'war on pollution'
Fighting air pollution in China with social media
China is hot spot of ground-level ozone pollution
China to slow GDP growth in bid to curb emissions
China offers reward to 6 regions to fight air pollution
China launches new measures to tackle air pollution
Light shed on key component of China's pollution problem
Finnish team to pilot air quality monitoring technologies in China
First infrared satellite monitoring of peak pollution episodes in China
China has made strides in monitoring air pollution, and setting goals
Home cooking, traffic are the sources of key air pollutants from China
Household fuels exceed power plants, cars as smog source in Beijing
Innovative study estimates extent to which air pollution in China shortens human lives
Air pollution is pushing wind speed into a regulator of surface solar irradiance in China
Economics impacts of China’s water pollution mitigation using computable general equilibrium analysis
Long-term exposure to ambient PM2-5, active commuting, and farming activity and cardiovascular disease
Mechanisms for the formation of the Jan 2013 heavy haze pollution episode over central and eastern China
India:
Indian air pollution: loaded dice
New Delhi: we are running out of air
A new look at air pollution sources and atmosphere-warming particles in South Asia
Bangladesh:
Bangaladesh: LLNL helps find link to arsenic-contaminated groundwater
Australia:
Australian shipping emissions identified
Africa:
The impact of African air pollution - A global chemistry climate model study
Scientists warn of the risk from air pollution over the megacities of West Africa
Effect of air pollution on disease burden, mortality and life expectancy in North Africa and Middle East