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Just in case you didn’t know, there’s a garbage island twice as big as France in the Pacific Ocean

Friday, January 22, 2010

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I was surprised to talk to a bunch of people today and find out they didn’t know about this, so I figured this is definitely something worth knowing. Here’s the deal. There’s a whole lot of garbage floating around; a whole lot ! Some are above the surface, some are below. What happens is they get [...]

Japanese project aims to turn CO2 into natural gas

Thursday, January 7, 2010

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Mankind is screwing up. I’m sorry, that’s just the way it is. Not taking care of our natural resources, polluting and destroying habitats, it’s obvious that we, as a species, made some pretty big mistakes, the combined effects of which will come back to haunt us (and already are). But that’s not to say that [...]

Fighting against soot - more important than ever

Saturday, October 10, 2009

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Most of the talk about global warming revolves around carbon dioxide, sometimes giving the false impression that it alone is responsible for global warming and all its implications. However, numerous studies have revealed a new enemy, one almost as dangerous as carbon dioxide: soot. The black powdery pollutant is responsible for numerous climatic shifts, especially in [...]

Dutch University tests Air-purifying paving stones

Monday, August 11, 2008

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Technology has developed so much in these years that scientists are finding more and more brilliant ways to clear out the pollution that fills our lungs and to solve problems that trouble the very existence of our mankind in ways that sometimes surprise all of us. Often, for the most complex issues we have to [...]

5 of the world’s most polluted cities

Sunday, May 4, 2008

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Some places in the world are just like heaven, some like hell; almost literally. Human activity can sometimes have devastating effects not on just the environment, but sometimes on the population too. Here’s a list of five of the most polluted cities in the world, in no specific order. Linfen, China Potentially Affected People: 3,000,000 Source of Pollution: [...]

China - pollution crisis ??

Friday, April 18, 2008

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Photo by Stefan Everybody (or almost everybody) believes that no matter what, USA remains “polluter no. 1″. Don’t take my word for it, just ask BBC’s environment analyst Roger Harrabin - he says the same thing. The industry is by far the most developed, so that would seem logical, despite the fact the China and India [...]

How pollution can help to clean the air

Monday, March 24, 2008

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A recent study has shown that certain types of air pollution can actually help by creating extra doses of atmospheric cleaner. Of course, we’re talking about just a small fraction of the total pollution which triggers the right chemical process. The lab study pointed out that nitrogen oxides (which result mostly from agricultural pollution) can help [...]

Carbon dioxide and Pollution Don’t Mix Well

Monday, March 3, 2008

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Despite of the all the efforts (which by the way, are not as numerous as you may think) which have been done, pollution and global warming are still “hot” topics, with no great solution in sight. Some studies claim that things are not as bad as we believe, others claim that it’s worse. Still, one [...]

Pollution and Life Expectancy

Friday, October 12, 2007

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The fight between health and industry is more intense than it has been for many years and it numerous studies are conducted to find out how pollution shortens life expectancy and is very bad for children. But there are some gaps in information and implementation, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report which [...]

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