Enviroment

Enbridge to pay $177 million for US oil pipeline spills

A worker unloads oil that has been removed from the Kalamazoo River after a 30 inch-wide underground pipeline owned by Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge Energy Partners LP, began leaking on June 26, 2010 Canadian pipeline giant…

You Can Grow Tomatoes!

There are few seasons that have such a distinct set of smells for me as summer does. The scent of wet, hot asphalt sizzling at sunset, the rich aroma of coconut sunblock, the heady wafts…

Spring comes sooner to urban heat islands, with potential consequences for wildlife

Within the study site of Madison, Wisconsin, researchers found that while the growing season lasted up to a week longer in the city's densest areas, its parks subdued the warming effect and thus helped to…

Program measures natural background radiation levels around the world

Ali Hanks, center, and Brian Plimley, right—UC Berkeley postdocs affiliated with Berkeley Lab’s Applied Nuclear Physics program—talk to members of Campolindo High School’s Science Club in April: pictured here (from left) are students Alexander Zerkle,…

Pack An Organic Beauty Bag For Summer Fun

With summer in full swing, it's a great time to think about how to make sure you're remaining planet-friendly, even in the hottest months of the year. Thanks to the natural skincare trends, there are…

Farms a major source of air pollution, study finds

Fumes from nitrogen-rich fertilizers and animal waste combine in the air with combustion emissions to form solid particles in the air. These aerosols outweigh all other human sources of fine-particulate air pollution in much of…

Pollution resulting from burning fossil fuels reaches the open ocean via the atmosphere

High volume collectors. Credit: Joan Costa/CSIC Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are pollutants which come from burning fossil fuels, fires, oil spillages, and other anthropogenic and natural sources. They are transported from continental land masses to the…

UN climate deal signing gets the ball rolling

Last month was the hottest March in modern history and 2016 is shaping up as a record-breaking year for rising global temperatures. World leaders gather at the United Nations on Friday to sign the Paris…

Current measurement methods may be vastly underestimating the amount of plastic in the oceans

Credit: Tiago Fioreze / Wikipedia Plastics are all around us. They are found in containers and packing materials, children's toys, medical devices and electronics. Unfortunately, plastics are also found in the ocean[1]. A 2015 paper…