DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m hearing more about the exposome and the role of the environment on our health. Can you tell me more about how it is being studied? I’m worried about the future when I read about studies that show microplastics and chemicals accumulating in our environment. ANSWER: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines the exposome […]
The multi-scale layered structure of teak wood endows it with exceptional mechanical properties and environmental stability, which has inspired the biomimetic design of environmental barrier coatings. In this study, a multi-scale nano Yb2Si2O7-Yb2SiO5 composite EBC with a teakwood-like lamellar structure has been realized by a novel alternating vapor/liquid phase deposition method in plasma spraying-physical vapor […]
Russian officials warned of severe environmental damage Wednesday as thousands of people came out to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more than two weeks ago in the Kerch Strait, near Moscow-occupied Crimea. More than 10,000 people, largely volunteers, raced to rescue wildlife and remove tons of sand […]
A picture released by the NGO Coast 2 Coast Movement shows workers cleaning up Peru’s Las Capullanas beach after an oil spill. Peru has declared an “environmental emergency” after an oil spill that triggered a clean-up operation on a stretch of northern coastline popular with tourists. According to state-owned energy company Petroperu, the cleaning of […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A coalition of environmental groups challenged California’s leading climate regulator on Wednesday, alleging that a recent update to a leading climate program will create additional pollution in the state’s San Joaquin Valley. Their lawsuit filed in Fresno county superior court calls on the California Air Resources Board to “adequately disclose, analyze […]
You are in a lush forest. Sunlight filters through the bright green canopy, casting dappled shadows on the ground. Towering trees rise over delicate ferns, wildflowers, and colorful mushrooms. A deer slinks behind a shrub. But there are subtle signs of human intervention: small electronic devices gathering vital data on potential threats such as drought […]
A federal judge sided with SpaceX after an environmental group sought to stop its rocket launches just months before the company’s CEO is slated to work closely with the incoming Trump administration. During static fire tests and launches, SpaceX uses a “deluge system” that applies water to the rocket engine exhaust to absorb heat and […]
“In this photograph, I’m installing a chlorophyll fluorometer into a Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) at a forest station in Hyytiälä, Finland, which is 200 kilometres north of the main campus at the University of Helsinki. I’m 20 metres above the ground, on a scaffold. The tool records the light emitted by leaves or needles […]
Getty Images Some textile dyeing is still done by hand In a small corner of rural Taiwan, set amongst other dye houses and small factories, the start-up Alchemie Technology is in the final phase of rolling out a project it claims will upend the global apparel industry and slash its carbon footprint. The UK-based start-up […]
Reuters Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has spread like wildfire in the resource-rich West African state. Mercury is increasingly being used to extract gold by miners […]
