From Landfills to Biogas and Healthier Crops: The Anaerobic Digestion Revolution

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By Shawn Kreloff, Sustainable Brands The role of waste-management practices in our journey towards a more sustainable future cannot be overstated. Anaerobic digestion’s multitude of benefits demonstrate its potential to turn ‘waste’ into valuable resources. Each week, more than 1 million tons of food waste are incinerated or sent to landfills in …

Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Project Could Produce Power This Year

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By Benjamin Storrow, Scientific American Construction has begun on the Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. It could provide enough clean energy to power 400,000 homes per year. A view of stacked GE Haliade-X turbine blades at the New Bedford Marine Terminal, to be used on the Vineyard …

App-based Tool Quantifies Pesticide Toxicity in Watersheds, Identifies Mitigation Opportunities

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By Phys.Org Watershed applied toxicity. The heat map and legend values represent applied toxicity as the Net Toxicity Index (NTI), the total applied toxicity of pesticide applications to all aquatic taxa investigated over the simulation period, fish, invertebrates, nonvascular aquatic plants, and vascular aquatic plants. Results are displayed for each …

Biosurfactants Might Offer an Environmentally Friendly Solution for Tackling Oil Spills

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By Sara Kleindienst, University of Stuttgart Can biosurfactants increase microbiological oil degradation in North Sea seawater? An international research team from the universities of Stuttgart und Tübingen, together with the China West Normal University and the University of Georgia, have been exploring this question and the results have revealed the …

How air pollution sensors can track wildlife

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By Isabelle Gerretsen, BBC A new study finds that air pollution sensors are inadvertently capturing environmental DNA. Could this be a gamechanger for protecting biodiversity worldwide? (Image credit: Sven-Erik Arndt / Getty Images) Tracking biodiversity worldwide is incredibly challenging; national monitoring programmes differ widely, the majority of collected data is erratic …

In Australia, scientists begin vaccinating koalas against chlamydia

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By The Associated Press, from NPR The aim of Australian scientists vaccinating koalas for chlamydia is to test a method for protecting the beloved marsupials against a widespread disease that causes blindness, infertility and death. Mark Baker/AP Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field …