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Caribbean bottlenose dolphins severely ill after spill

featured Caribbean bottlenose dolphins severely ill after spill

Dolphins swimming image via Shutterstock Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) are common off Louisiana - or they were. NOAA (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administartion) marine biologists have physically examined 32...

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Improvements bring carbon capture method nearer

Improvements bring carbon capture method nearer

Air pollution from smokestacks via Shutterstock Scientists are getting closer to using smokestacks to capture large quantities of carbon dioxide. If the method can be used at coal-fired plants generating...

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One year on and a bleak future for the people of Fukushima

One year on and a bleak future for the people of Fukushima

Fukushima Daiichi, Japan via Shutterstock Many comparisons have been drawn between the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 1986 and the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors in March 2011. Both...

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Mercury caused mass extinctions, say scientists

Mercury caused mass extinctions, say scientists

Volcanic eruption via Shutterstock Mass extinctions during catastrophic climate change were caused by huge mercury levels, Canadian scientists say. The Earth's greatest global loss of life, around 250 million years...

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Nitrate contamination of UK water 'may get worse' fear

Nitrate contamination of UK water 'may get worse' fear

River Thames via Shutterstock There are no quick fixes for UK groundwater contaminated with nitrates and the worst is yet to come, scientists fear. Over the years, intensive agriculture has...

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Pollution from the Stratosphere

Pollution from the Stratosphere

Elemental mercury here is relatively harmless, unless you breathe it in via Shutterstock No direct evidence is yet available for one of the most dangerous pollutants found in the upper...

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'Other CO2 problem' research shows that fish won't be OK

'Other CO2 problem' research shows that fish won't be OK

Bigeye Trevally via Shutterstock It's the 'other CO2 problem', global warming's little brother, and ocean acidification could be even more damaging than had previously been thought according to new research...

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