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Articles related to pollution
| Browse: Coal Shipping Threat to Great Barrier Reef |
Thousands of new chemicals are released each year, and the toxic effects are mounting. What can we do about it?
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| Browse: Oats Clean Nuke Contamination | Browse: Common Chemicals Linked to Chronic Disease in Men |
| Browse: Broken Hill Playgrounds Contaminated |
Sex isn’t always easy, but it’s becoming a lot more complicated due to human-induced changes to the natural environment. |
| Browse: Orange Peel Mops Up Mercury Pollution | Browse: Smelting Emissions Escape Regulation |
| Browse: Motorboat Noise Helps Marine Predators | Browse: Antarctic Mercury Threatens Fish and Birds |
Nanoparticles are found in our food, cosmetics and tattoo inks, but regulations for their use aren’t keeping up with new research questioning their safety. |
Human activities are impacting Anatarctica’s once-pristine environment, with evidence of antibiotic resistance genes and sewage-related contaminants entering its food chain. |
Imagine a world where billions of tiny creatures were deployed in the environment to degrade industrial pollutants that contaminate the world’s crucial groundwater reserves. |
A study finds that more than 65 pharmaceuticals accumulate in aquatic invertebrates and riparian spiders, and can then spread through the food chain to birds and other terrestrial animals. |
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Browse:
Adults Make Heavy Traffic of Asthma
Wood smoke and heavy traffic fumes contribute to the severity of asthma symptoms in adults, researchers at the University of Melbourne have confirmed. |
Browse: Marine Microbes Munch on Plastic Waste |
| Browse: Penguins on a Slippery Slope | Browse: Corals Eat Plastic |
| Browse: A Flood of New Toxins | Browse: Air pollution linked to brain alterations and cognitive impairment in children |
| Browse: Balloons the Number 1 Marine Debris Risk of Seabird Mortality | Browse: Coal Power Stations Disrupt Regional Rainfall |
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conSCIENCE:
Your Nitrogen Footprint Has Far-Reaching Consequences
Australia’s reliance on coal and taste for beef is contributing to nitrogen pollution as far away from our population centres as the Great Barrier Reef. |
Eureka!:
Dung Beetles Navigate Using the Milky Way
Dung deetles navigate using the Milky Way, and scientists analyse a dead whale’s ear wax to reveal its exposure to hazardous chemicals. |
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Expert Opinion:
Organic Pollutants Linked to Early Menopause
A new study has found that women who are exposed to high levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals begin menopause 2–4 years earlier. |
Expert Opinion:
The Persistent Killer of Killer Whales
Killer whales are at risk due to PCB contamination despite a near-global ban more than 30 years ago. The threat affects more than half of the world’s orcas, and whale populations near industrialised regions and at the top of the food-chain are at a high risk of population collapse over the next 100 years. |
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Lowe Tech:
White Washing Energy Policy
The draft energy white paper would have looked out of date 25 years ago, when we already knew about the problems of “peak oil” and climate change. |
