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Study: Global Deforestation Leads To More Mercury Pollution
Scientists quantify a previously overlooked driver of human-related mercury emissions. Adam Zewe | MIT NewsMIT News (https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-global-deforestation-leads-more-mercury-pollution-0212) About…
2024-02-15
Chemical Pollution And The Need To Transition To Sustainable Chemistry
We would like to thank our generous sponsors for making this article possible. The true cost of toxic…
2023-06-02
To Improve City Life, Plant These 17 ‘Super Trees’
A new study establishes live oaks and American sycamores as champions among 17 “super trees” that will help…
2021-12-16
Zero Emissions Areas Tackle Multiple City Struggles: Why Aren’t They Everywhere?
A zero emissions area is a unique example of a climate solution that addresses urban congestion and pollution…
2021-09-22
The Countries Banning Plastic Bags
According to a United Nations paper and several media reports, 77 countries in the world have passed some sort of…
2021-07-06
4 Tips to Reduce Air Pollution in Your Home
Even though we’re past the months of Spring, allergies and air contaminants still lurk in your home. Cleaning…
2021-06-22
Going Circular: 7 European Cities’ Quest To Become Fully Sustainable
On the outskirts of Roskilde, about 30 kilometers from Denmark’s capital of Copenhagen, lies a small, but significant…
2021-03-18
How To Increase Awareness: Benefits Of Green Living
The 21st century has seen us all become much more aware of our surroundings and this has been…
2020-12-24
Everything You Need To Know About Air Pollutants And How To Handle Them
Thinking of polluted air generally spurs images of clouded urban landscapes, old car exhausts, and energy-hungry factories. And…
2020-06-02
How City Streets Are Being Transformed During COVID-19 Lockdown
After COVID-19, some city streets might never revert to how they were before the lockdown. Global-scale lockdowns have…
2020-05-28
Inversion Solutions — Tackling Utah’s Pollution Problem
Inversion season is over, but expect another spell by November. Even without inversion, Utah’s air pollution problem stands…
2020-02-28
Pollution Kills 8.3 Million People Annually – These 10 Countries Are The Most Affected
Pollution killed 8.3 million in 2017, making it the number one environmental cause of premature death in the…
2020-01-11
Genius Inventions: Solution To Water Pollution
Water pollution is a huge threat not only for us humans but also to aquatic life. In order…
2019-07-22
4 Ways To Curb Our Addiction To Plastic
Not all plastic is evil, but our world could probably do with a whole lot less of it.…
2018-09-24
Dumber Humans — That’s Just One Effect Of A More Polluted Future
ANOTHER DOWNSIDE. We knew that air pollution damages our physical health. Turns out, it’s also wreaking havoc on our…
2018-09-03
Clean Air Is Now A Status Symbol In The World’s Most Polluted Cities
The Cordis hotel in Shanghai boasts proximity to railways and the airport, a beautiful pool, and double-filtered air.…
2018-08-24
Air Pollution Increases Crime In Cities – Here’s How
The impact of air pollution on human health is well-documented. We know that exposure to high levels of…
2018-05-08
Overcoming Online Retail Delivery Congestion
Online retail continues to grow, and office deliveries are understandably popular with city workers as a convenient way…
2017-10-20
Why Cheaper Cities Tend To Be Less Liveable?
If you are a Bengaluru resident and have been feeling the pinch of inflation, we have a surprise:…
2017-06-01
World’s Largest Air Purifier vs China’s Smog
Looking at most products being sold in the market today, chances are, you will read the label “Made…
2016-09-01
Pollution Cleanup Is Obviously Costly. Here’s A Possible Answer.
Last week, Portland is expected to become the seventh West Coast city to sue Monsanto, alleging that the…
2016-06-07
A 1987 Dream In Barcelona Reclaiming Its City For Its People
The Catalan capital’s radical new strategy will restrict traffic to a number of big roads, drastically reducing pollution…
2016-05-23
Swimming In Seine Now Is Still A Dream, But Not In The Future
But the idea faces an uphill struggle. By 2024, the River Seine in Paris will be clean enough…
2016-05-11
As More Of Asia Prospers, Obesity Becomes A Weighty Deal
Extra body weight has long been associated with wealth, as evident from Renaissance art to stereotypes of modern…
2016-04-29
Russia’s Inspiration For Its Iron Curtain, Its Secret Iron City
Designed for Stalin as the world’s first completely planned city, Magnitogorsk has yet to confront its controversial past…
2016-04-14
Why Transit-Oriented Developments Do Not Need Transit
Urban planners have invested a lot of energy in the idea of transit-oriented developments (TODs). Developing dense housing…
2016-01-20
Finally! Clever Building Technologies Can Clean Pollution In Cities
A seven metre tall tower designed by Daan Roosegaarde filters dirty air, releasing bubbles of smog free air.…
2016-01-08
How To Light Cities In The Future Without Ruining It
From the medieval candle to phosphorescent trees and glow-in-the-dark concrete, Daryl Mersom charts the trajectory of urban light,…
2016-01-06
Can Cars That Park Themselves Reduce Traffic?
New England’s most densely populated city is testing a new way to alleviate congestion and free up more…
2015-12-21
Looking For Fresh City Air? Discover Here Where Not To Be.
Outdoor air pollution kills 3.3 million people, mostly in cities, every year. That’s more than HIV, malaria and…
2015-12-03
From Senegal’s Trash To Haute Couture By Afrofuturist Photos
“It is not only a political or economic problem, but an educational one.” There are certain depictions of…
2015-11-16
How Countries All Over The World Are Making Polluters Pay
By next year, nearly half of global GDP will be covered by cap-and-trade programs. Solving climate change is…
2015-09-18
Think Cities Make You Smart? Think Again. If You Can.
Metropolitan cities continue to swell across the U.S. as millions flock to densely populated regions seeking employment and…
2015-09-15
Why Innovation Doesn’t Have To Be Hi-Tech
When you think of innovation in the built environment, what comes to mind? Perhaps you picture a state-of-the-art…
2015-07-29
How Salt Lake City Commits To A Cleaner Future
Five institutions in Salt Lake City were recognised by the city as part of this year’s Project Skyline…
2015-07-28
Why The True Cost Of Suburban Sprawl Will Surprise You, Or Not
Two new studies demonstrate the true costs of sprawl, and attempt to show that if new development was…
2015-07-24
How To Raise Awareness About Population Explosion
How do you raise awareness about population explosion? One group thought that the simplest way would be to…
2015-06-18
Battery Revolution Is Exciting, Remember They Pollute Too
The recent unveiling by Tesla founder Elon Musk of the low-cost Powerwall storage battery is the latest in…
2015-06-15
The 9 Limits Of Our Planet & How We’ve Raced Past 4 Of Them
Johan Rockström says humanity has already raced past four of the nine boundaries keeping our planet hospitable to…
2015-06-08
How Your City Is Solving Global Warming
Cities may only occupy about 2% of the world’s habitable land, but they are big drivers of global…
2015-06-02
Using Low-Emission Zones To Improve Health In Cities
In May 2007, the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, announced that the city would be implementing a city-wide…
2015-05-26
Declining Walkability Plays Big Role In China’s Obesity Problem
But it’s the middle class, not the poor who may pay the biggest price. In China’s…
2015-05-11
A City Is Near By The Plastic In The Sea
Two French oceanography researchers expected to find pollution on their 8,345km, 14-month kayak journey from Gibraltar to Istanbul…
2015-04-24
The Mystery Of Asia’s Pollution Haze
A haze has periodically wafted over South-east Asia for 20 years. But despite rising public health concern, the…
2015-04-23
The Dystopian Lake Filled By The World’s Tech Lust
Hidden in an unknown corner of Inner Mongolia is a toxic, nightmarish lake created by our thirst for…
2015-04-20
With Less Pollution, L.A. Kids Are Growing Stronger Lungs
Millennial children have better respiratory health than did those in the smoggy ’90s. Here’s some obvious but nonetheless…
2015-04-09
Urban Light Pollution: Why We’re All Living with Permanent ‘Mini Jetlag’
Studies show that exposure to light after dusk is quite literally unnatural, and may be detrimental to health.…
2015-02-03