Air quality in Europe: 2020 report
Better air quality has led to a significant reduction of premature deaths over the past decade in Europe. However, the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) latest official data show that almost all Europeans
Carbon Monoxide
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This shirt indicates pollutants in the air by changing its color
A novel way to know if the area you’re in is safe from hazardous air conditions Urban dwellers are no strangers to pollution, especially with respiratory issues caused by suspended particles and noxious
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Scientists discover new method to turn carbon monoxide into biofuel
A gasoline station attendant pumps diesel into a car at a filling station on March 23, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Scientists have discovered a way to convert lethal carbon monoxide gas into a biofuel.
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Biological wizardry ferments carbon monoxide into biofuel
Cornell University biological engineers have deciphered the cellular strategy to make the biofuel ethanol, using an anaerobic microbe feeding on carbon monoxide - a common industrial waste gas. "Instead
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Dirty fuel crackdown won't prevent thousands of deaths from air pollution
Air pollution would cause the deaths of at least 2500 people across Sydney and Melbourne in the year 2030 even if the federal government swiftly clamped down on poisonous car fuels, a government-commissioned
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Global Warming: NOAA scientists say last month was the hottest June on record
"This marks the 14th consecutive month the monthly global temperature record has been broken, the longest such streak in the 137-year record," said US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Climate change trends of 2016 continue to break records, warn NASA scientists!
Climate change and global warming are gradually wreaking havoc over the planet and there are many among the world's population who still feign ignorance at this morbid facet of truth. Awareness campaigns,
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Decline in vehicular emission had no impact on pollution: CPCB
The CPCB had monitored several pollutants between April 1 to 14 before the odd-even period and April 15 to 30 during it to arrive at the conclusion. The apex pollution monitoring body today told the
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City needs 1.81 crore trees to breathe easy
Ahmedabad: It would require Ahmedabad to grow 1.81 crore trees to trap the tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and poisonous carbon monoxide (CO) gases we vent into Ahmedabad's air, according to the state forest
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Pollution posing health hazards, finds recent study
Environment pollution has become a major cause of worry in the cities and towns of Assam and a recent study revealed that a large number of people are suffering from various diseases including skin infection,
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Norms being flouted in ‘simmering’ landfill sites
Overflowing garbage landfills in the national capital, which have been saturated way beyond capacity, are already simmering inside. Last month’s Bhalswa fire incident has not made any impact on authorities