Onset of COVID-19 has destroyed the normal life style of humans, where animals remain unaffected. With no vaccination in sight, wearing hand gloves, face masks and using sanitizers is going to be new normal for…
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What Happened to the Water in New Paltz?
Residents were under a “Do Not Drink” advisory for a week earlier this month. The response to the crisis tells us New York has learned from previous local water issues. The complaints started in earnest…
10 Disturbing Facts About the Global Water Crisis
Thirsty? Grab a glass and fill it with water from the tap in the kitchen. Or, you might want to draw it from your refrigerator door along with some ice, crushed or cubed. Or, you…
US drinking water contamination with ‘forever chemicals’ far worse than scientists thought
Highest levels of PFAS in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, report by environmental watchdog finds Drinking water contamination-The contamination of US drinking water with manmade “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some…
How polluted water stunts human development
Long-term effects of exposure to high levels of nitrates in drinking water include shorter height, says World Bank study The use of nitrogen-based fertilizers in agriculture and rapid urbanization have meant that the state of…
What Are the Different Types of Water Pollution?
The second most prevalent kind of pollution after contaminated air, water pollution afflicts our rivers, lakes, reservoirs, groundwater and aquifers – not to mention the seas and oceans which cover the majority of our planet….
The Ocean Cleanup to make products from collected marine plastic
The Ocean Cleanup has revealed plans to turn the plastic it has collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into “beautiful, sustainable products”. The Ocean Cleanup‘s founder and CEO Boyan Slat made the announcement last week…
There’s Literally a Million Times More Microplastic in Our Oceans Than We Realized
If you pulled 1,000 liters (264 gallons) of water out of the ocean, how many small bits of plastic would you expect to find? Ten pieces? One hundred pieces? How about 8.3 million pieces of…
Why is an ocean current critical to world weather losing steam? Scientists search the Arctic for answers.
A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point. Sea ice over the Greenland Sea near northeast Greenland. Arctic sea ice this summer…
These 20 Companies Caused More Than One-Fifth of Ocean Acidification Since 1965
Our oceans are acidifying at a rate not seen in 66 million years. They’re now 26 percent more acidic since 1880, which is profoundly changing ecosystems and impacting the fisheries that rely on them, all around the…