Environmental News Bits

MAY 21, 2025

Environmental Science & Technology, 59(15), 77227735. link] Abstract The plastisphere is a potential contributor to global antimicrobial resistance (AMR), posing potential threats to public and environmental health. Guo, J., & Gao, S.-H.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 1, 2025

According to the National Aquatic Environmental DNA Strategy, eDNA is one technological advancement that offers the potential for faster and more effective assessments to understand aquatic life. The identities of those organisms can be revealed by genetic sequencing of the water sample, instead of organisms themselves.

Ocean

Environmental News Bits

MAY 19, 2025

Environmental Science & Technology, 59(15), 76887698. link] Abstract The increasing amount of sewage sludge generated during wastewater treatment poses both growing management challenge and environmental issues. Schinkel, L., Eberhard, Y., Berg, M., & Hollender, J.

Environmental Science

HumanNature

JANUARY 30, 2025

Regulations and technological innovations, such as the catalytic converter, have led to a decline in tailpipe emissions, reducing emissions of secondary organic aerosol precursors.[6] Environmental Science & Technology vol. Environmental Science & Technology vol. Urban Areas.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 30, 2025

Environmental Science & Technology, 59(15), 76677677. link] Abstract Coastal wetlands function as critical retention zones for environmental microplastics, potentially … Continue reading Weathering Process and Characteristics of Microplastics in Coastal Wetlands: A 24-Month In Situ Study Fang, Y., & Li, B.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 1, 2025

Environmental Science & Technology. Liyanapatirana, C., Allen, L., & Kondash, A. Hold My Beer: The Linkage between Municipal Water and Brewing Location on PFAS in Popular Beverages. link] [open access] See also RTI’s news release about the research.

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Scientific American

JULY 25, 2025

He holds dual masters degrees in journalism and in Earth and environmental sciences from Columbia University. He has worked onboard oceanographic research vessels and tracked money and politics in science from Washington, D.C. He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018.

Sea Level

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The GOPs move against the National Science Foundation is part of a broader Republican rejection of federally funded climate and environmental science that does not align with the partys political and cultural aims. The researchers are testing the device in Chicago, which has the most lead drinking water pipes in the U.S. ,

2015

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

Just before he became a part of the ice record, he wrote: “We are approaching a new era of polar exploration characterized by the successful utilization of new technologies in a rational manner. He holds dual masters degrees in journalism and in Earth and environmental sciences from Columbia University.

Sea Level

ESA

JUNE 24, 2025

DEB and NSF: Mission-Focused Even amid capacity constraints and evolving funding landscapes, DEB and NSF remain committed to their core mission: advancing fundamental research, supporting the scientific community, and serving the public through groundbreaking environmental science and discovery. Most DEB grants remain active.

2025

Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Environmental Science & Technology. Figuire, R., Savvidou, E., & Cousins, I. An Overview of Potential Alternatives for the Multiple Uses of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

Environmental science teacher Maddie Bentz used to use the Amazon rainforest and the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park to teach her students about ecosystems and biodiversity. We should know whats going on and how to take care of it. Revamping the entire course was daunting and exhausting work, Bentz said.

Environmental Science

Legal Planet

APRIL 28, 2025

In addition, the Administration has withheld funding for clean technology, denounced the very idea of environmental justice, and begun a campaign to gut environmental agencies. A complete catalogue of Trumps anti-environmental actions would be many pages long. This term is shaping up to be much worse.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resources Committee [ PDF of Article ] -- House Committee OKs Increase In Per Ton Recycling Fee To Support Local Recycling Programs, Waste Disposal Planning [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: Is Hyperlocal Recycling The Future?

Recycling

Water Research & Technology

JUNE 19, 2025

The conference program, is now live and available to view here: [link] As part of our partnership, The Royal Society of Chemistry will be publishing a selection of papers in a dedicated Themed Collection across the following journals: Analyst – The home of premier fundamental discoveries, inventions and applications in the analytical and bioanalytical (..)

Environmental Science

Scientific American

JULY 9, 2025

He holds dual masters degrees in journalism and in Earth and environmental sciences from Columbia University. He has worked onboard oceanographic research vessels and tracked money and politics in science from Washington, D.C. He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill] [PaEN] -- DEP To Host April 1 Webinar On New Program To Reduce Methane Pollution From Oil And Gas Operations [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: April 2 Webinar: Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A Second Life [PaEN] -- Penn State Research: Reusing Old Oil And Gas Wells For Energy Storage (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Emily Wenger , a summer intern, is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science at Bethany College, where she also serves as captain of the college lacrosse team. We need to be faithful stewards and protectors of our precious natural resources, and I invite everyone to join in their own way.”

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. Sayre High School Students Together at Cobbs Creek To Learn Environmental Science, Engineering In Philadelphia -- Erie Times: Venango Twp. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395. Read more here about agenda.

Natural Gas

Scientific American

JUNE 25, 2025

He holds dual masters degrees in journalism and in Earth and environmental sciences from Columbia University. He has worked onboard oceanographic research vessels and tracked money and politics in science from Washington, D.C. He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018.

2015

Scientific American

JULY 2, 2025

But then there are all these technological challenges that Mac mentioned before about all the real deployment of drones that, obviously, as academic professors, we don’t have the resources to deploy 1,000 or 100 or whatever number of drones. He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018.

Cooling

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

student in the Environmental Sciences, Studies and Policy program at the University of Oregon, studying emergent technologies’ role in understanding nonhuman communications. Rights & Permissions Genevieve Pfeiffer is a Ph.D. She has a master’s in experimental humanities from New York University and an M.F.A.

2025

Scientific American

JUNE 27, 2025

He holds dual masters degrees in journalism and in Earth and environmental sciences from Columbia University. He has worked onboard oceanographic research vessels and tracked money and politics in science from Washington, D.C. He was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018.

2009

Scientific American

JULY 16, 2025

SUBSCRIBE TO Science Quickly Apple | Spotify | YouTube | RSS Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American ’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Today we’re leaving the podcast studio to take you on a field trip to the LIGO Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Feltman: Very cool. Feltman: Yeah.

Cooling

Scientific American

JULY 7, 2025

As a producer, editor and host, they work on short documentaries, social videos and Scientific American ’s podcast Science Quickly. They have a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University and a master’s degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Cooling

Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2024

Berkeley researchers Ted Grantham and Lucy Andrews, scholars at the campus’ Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. Two postscripts: first, California can take justifiable pride in its national and world technological leadership in many other fields.

Technology

Frontiers

MARCH 25, 2022

We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Frontiers in Environmental Science Editor Awards. We launched the Drylands section last year , and so far we have already added two new sections in 2022 – Environmental Citizen Science and Environmental Systems Engineering.

Environmental Science

Legal Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

She is an MIT grad who went to Berkeley for graduate school, where earned a master’s degree in environmental engineering and a PhD from ERG. ERG — more formally the Energy and Resources Group — is Berkeley’s unique, interdisciplinary program spanning economics and social science, environmental science, and engineering.

Climate Change

Water Research & Technology

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology was delighted to sponsor prizes at the 6th International Water Industry Conference 2020 , which took place both online and in Daegu, Korea from the 22 nd – 23 rd September 2020. A 5-minute pitch contest was held, which was attended both virtually and in person.

Environmental Science

Water Research & Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

We are delighted to announce new members of the Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology Advisory Board. His research interests are in microbial systems, process engineering, water, energy and health sciences. Defeng is a Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China. David Weissbrodt.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about geoengineering – the various scientific theories and governance ideas that could eventually lead to technological interventions to help cool the planet. In fact, the academic sources that this story describes as “supporters” simply support the goal of further studying geoengineering.

Fossil Fuels

Inhabitant

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In a recent study published in the American Chemical Society's Environmental Science and Technology Letters, scientists found 10 times more microplastic in babies' feces than in adults'.

Environmental Science

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In 2019, the team announced that Chevron was renewing the deal and would continue as the “presenting sponsor of the Chevron STEMZONE at Levi’s Stadium and the 49ers STEM Leadership Institute” (STEM being Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Reason # 4 is that all jet travel is environmentally damaging.

2019

Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2022

According to a recent report of the International Energy Agency, we could see a near tripling in copper demand for solar panels, as well as big increases in demand for cadmium, tellurium, gallium, and lead, in different amounts and combinations depending on which technologies win out.

Conservation

Environmental News Bits

JULY 14, 2021

” Environmental Science & Technology 55(13), 9339-9351. Helene Wiesinger, Zhanyun Wang, and Stefanie Hellweg (2021). “Deep Dive into Plastic Monomers, Additives, and Processing Aids.” DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00976 … Read more →

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Water Research & Technology

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Changseok Han is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Environmental Engineering at the INHA University, Korea. in Department of Environmental Engineering at Yeungnam University, Korea, in 2005 and 2007, respectively. I believe that AOPs could be promising technologies to degrade them in the environment.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

“Microplastics in water treatment: fate, toxicity assessment and removal technologies.” ” 18th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST2023), cest2023_00396. Djebbari K., Anagnostou E., Corresponding) Bagtzoglou A.

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