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Deadly Air Pollution Doesn’t Respect State Borders
U.S. federal authorities have recently been reluctant to step in to mediate cross-border air quality issues among states
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Airborne Plastic Is Blowing All the Way to the Arctic
Tiny plastic particles have turned up in samples of Arctic snow, pointing to their ubiquity in the environment
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The Deep Ocean Harbors a Mountain of Microplastic Pollution
Four times as many plastic particles turned up in the deep waters of a “clean” patch of ocean than on the surface in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Solving Microplastic Pollution Means Reducing, Recycling—and Fundamental Rethinking
New practices, and new chemistries, are needed to end the scourge
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Rice Genes Could Be Key to Stemming Nitrogen Pollution
A genetically engineered strain of rice maintains high yields with less fertilizer
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Contact Lenses Are a Surprising Source of Pollution
Wastewater contains billions of lenses, which eventually make their way into the environment
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Earth Has a Hidden Plastic Problem—Scientists Are Hunting It Down
Trillions of tiny particles generated by our plastic-reliant society are polluting environments worldwide
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Otter Poop Helps Scientists Track Pollution at a Superfund Site
In a contaminated Seattle river, what the mammals leave behind may be a good gauge of cleanup efforts
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California Farms Are a Silent but Sizable Source of Air Pollution
Soil microbes convert fertilizer to nitrogen oxides, emitting about as much of the gases as on-road vehicles in the state
