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There are 121 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Pollution".
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- 1. New technology models cities' air quality in under 10 minutes
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Dr Nicola Masey has found that a new system can accurately model air quality in large cities like London in minutes, within five metres of any given location using just a standard office computer.
- 2. Sydney rock oysters shrinking due to coastal acidification
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Sydney rock oysters, found only in the waters of Australia and New Zealand, are getting smaller due to coastal acidification, a new report has found.
- 3. Scientists take to the skies to measure emissions from Greater Manchester moor fires
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Scientists flew through the plumes of smoke rising from the Greater Manchester moor fires to sample pollution levels.
- 4. How much time is left to meet the Paris climate agreement?
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Dr Phil Goodwin and Professor Ric Williams ran 100 million simulations of carbon emissions and warming to find out.
- 5. Securing the UK's natural carbon storage
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The UK's spectacular scenery attracts millions of visitors from around the world. Iconic heath, peatland and sea lochs don't just look beautiful though. They are shaped by the changing climate.
- 6. How cities draw the heat
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It is 15 years since the UK sweltered in the record-breaking 2003 summer heatwave. While the sunshine was welcome to many, it also brought deadly consequences, with more than 2,000 people across England and Wales dying in the stifling heat
- 7. On the way to plastic-free oceans
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Four days since leaving port, Dr Katsiaryna Pabortsava reaches her destination. She's in the middle of the North Atlantic, thousands of miles from land, and she's looking for microplastics.
- 8. Where does bad air come from?
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Auchencorth Moss is one of Scotland's distinctive moorlands, this precious habitat is now providing valuable information for scientists working to combat air pollution in cities and towns across the country.
- 9. Microplastics in the bellies of creatures living at the bottom of the ocean
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Around half of marine creatures living at depths of more than 2,000 metres in the North Atlantic could be eating microplastic material, marine scientists have discovered.
- 10. 30 years of healing the ozone layer
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The signing of the Montreal Protocol was a landmark political event. The treaty is the first in the history of the United Nations to achieve universal ratification. Environmental science made it happen.
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