Pollution

A beam of light to capture CO2

An innovative process has been developed by a team of researchers at ETH Zurich ...

Bottled water invaded by nanoplastics: the study

A team of researchers has succeeded in identifying nanoplastics in bottled water that often ...

Diets to halve nitrogen pollution

Every year in Europe, we use tonnes of nitrogen fertilisers to make our fields ...

The impact of micro- and nanoplastics on the body

The European project Polyrisk investigates the health effects of micro- and nanoplastics, which are ...

Fossil fuels kill 5 million people a year

Air pollution causes 8 million deaths each year. In this context, 6 out of ...

Disposable electronic cigarettes and their damage to the environment

Smoking devices have captured a large share of the market with countless models. Vapourisers, ...

Record Size for the Ozone Hole

The ozone hole, a result of human-induced pollution, has reached a record-breaking size, measuring ...