Pollution

China comes clean (legally at least.)

No, this is no pollution. This is the beautiful Zhangjiajie National Park in China’s Hunan Province. New laws and mechanisms will help to protect what remains of China’s natural heritage....

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

Photography competition (Atkins CIWEM) for all

One of the selected images from 10,000 that were entered for the competition in 2014 Rio image; Credit: © Angelo-Antonio Duarte Even the average photographic competition produces the most vivid...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Japan's Struggle after Fukushima

The yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, or ahi in Hawaii and the other big tunas could be accumulating more radioactive material from its diet . However, the concern about Fukushima should...

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

Unhappy home pollution is rife.

Don’t you know there’s butyl acetate in that nail varnish? It is not only cosmetics that we need to monitor. The outside air can creep into your house, while fabric...

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

Lima Call for Climate Change !

The nations of the world, or at least 200 of them come together because of their extreme situation, but do all the politicians realise what the priorities are?; image; Credit:...

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

Relief for American groundwater worries (or is it?)

In the dim and distant past, whether you had Blackfeet or a Flathead, the water from the Marias River always flooded the pretty St Mary’s waterfall in Glacier National Park,...

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

China reveals “magic” land treatment success.

The rice harvest is being gathered. In Hebie province, would you eat the rice if it has not been thoroughly tested? Many international companies and Chinese enterprises are involved but...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Solutions to the sad case of the Aral Sea

Around the plains of the Amu Darya, some bee eaters, Merops orientalis, still survive, but their health and that of the human population is under severe strain; Green bee-eaters image;...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments

Quagga mussels invade your waterways!

Small fish and salmonids as large as the grayling, Thymallus thymallus, will be affected in any watershed being invaded by the tiny quagga mussel. Plankton and invertebrates can be decimated,...

On by JW Dowey 0 Comments

Global Commission adds pressure to climate debate

The only good fossil is one that's buried or in a museum. The little reptile isn't being burnt with its rock in a power station. Instead, this specimen informs us...

On by Dave Armstrong 0 Comments