Image: © Ana Stankovic | iStock The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), led by Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle, has launched a nationwide, opt-in air quality alert service The initiative provides residents across the UK with local, real-time pollution forecasts via SMS or email to help manage health risks associated with…
A team of researchers may have found a groundbreaking solution to one of fashion’s biggest sustainability problems. By turning farm waste into sustainable fabric, it’s solving multiple problems with one solution. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark have developed a new method to make textiles from leftover crop materials….
A dense blanket of haze covered the national capital on Monday, with air quality lingering in the “very poor” category. The worsening crisis mirrors the pollution struggles faced by major cities worldwide, reminiscent of China’s ‘Beijing 2013 smog emergency’, which sparked public outrage and a severe health crisis. Delhi, similarly, faces seasonal chokes from stubble…
China recently made some big waves by launching the world’s first commercial underwater data center off the coast of Hainan, according to Interesting Engineering. The massive 1,433-ton steel data cabin is a major step in the country’s growing “blue economy” drive. Constructed 115 feet beneath the surface, the structure uses the ocean’s natural cooling power…
As the pollen season sets in, the air fills not just with pollution but also brings back the familiar wave of sniffles, coughs, and sore throats. What many dismiss as seasonal flu could, in fact, be an allergic reaction, says Dr. Suranjit Chatterjee, Internal Medicine specialist, Apollo Hospital “When we talk about flu, most people…
Inside the fight to quiet leaf blowers – CBS News Watch CBS News Cities and towns across America are banning leaf blowers because of their excessive noise and air pollution. But turning down the volume is not as simple as it may sound. Source link