https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/pollution/ Recent content in Pollution on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 07:59:14 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sewage-systems-secretly-waft-pollution-into-the-air/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:44:43 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/sewage-systems-secretly-waft-pollution-into-the-air/ • Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Wastewater treatment plants, such as this one, emit nitrous oxides and methane, both potent greenhouse gases. • Credit: Justin S https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/epa-criminal-sanctions-align-with-a-countys-wealth-not-pollution-study-finds/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:20:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/epa-criminal-sanctions-align-with-a-countys-wealth-not-pollution-study-finds/ • When the federal government brings its toughest environmental enforcement actions against polluters, they tend to be in communities of greater wealth, not the most polluted place https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/national-survey-finds-microplastic-pollution-around-britains-coastline-could-be-double-than-previously-recorded/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:00:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/national-survey-finds-microplastic-pollution-around-britains-coastline-could-be-double-than-previously-recorded/ • Data collected during a rowing challenge around the seas of Great Britain has found significantly higher concentrations of microplastic pollution than previously recorded, a new https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/can-baltic-sea-pollution-cut-fertilizer-imports-a-lab-method-suggests-a-path/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 17:00:03 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/can-baltic-sea-pollution-cut-fertilizer-imports-a-lab-method-suggests-a-path/ • The Baltic Sea is one of the world’s most oxygen-depleted major bodies of water. • The reason is excessive concentrations of phosphorus, an element essential for life-and an impo https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/spacex-rocket-left-behind-a-plume-of-chemical-pollution-as-it-burnt-up-in-the-atmosphere/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:50:02 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/spacex-rocket-left-behind-a-plume-of-chemical-pollution-as-it-burnt-up-in-the-atmosphere/ • Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found. https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/air-pollution-linked-to-higher-alzheimers-risk-in-28-million-older-americans/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:47:05 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/air-pollution-linked-to-higher-alzheimers-risk-in-28-million-older-americans/ • Air pollution linked to higher Alzheimerâ s risk in 28 million older Americans Long term exposure to air pollution may quietly raise alzheimerâ s risk. • Older adults who live wi https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/atmospheric-pollution-caused-by-space-junk-could-be-a-huge-problem/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:00:19 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/atmospheric-pollution-caused-by-space-junk-could-be-a-huge-problem/ • A 30-second exposure showing a Falcon 9 upper stage re-entering the atmosphere above Berlin, Germany, on 19 February 2025Gerd Baumgarten A 30-second exposure showing a Falcon 9 u https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/upper-atmospheric-lithium-pollution-directly-linked-to-falcon-9-reentry/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:00:07 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/upper-atmospheric-lithium-pollution-directly-linked-to-falcon-9-reentry/ • A plume of upper-atmospheric lithium pollution observed in February 2025 has been attributed to the reentry of a specific rocket stage. • The results, published in Communications https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/homes-in-the-fire-zone-why-wildland-urban-blazes-create-significantly-more-air-pollution/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:00:04 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/homes-in-the-fire-zone-why-wildland-urban-blazes-create-significantly-more-air-pollution/ • A research team led by the U.S. • National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has published a foundational inventory of emissions produced by https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/nitrogen-pollution-is-rising-what-a-new-global-map-means-for-forest-carbon/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:16:36 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/nitrogen-pollution-is-rising-what-a-new-global-map-means-for-forest-carbon/ • On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. • Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/growing-evidence-that-freshwater-wildlife-is-impacted-by-microplastics/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:52:38 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/growing-evidence-that-freshwater-wildlife-is-impacted-by-microplastics/ • Microplastics detected in droppings of freshwater birds across Europe • Study led by University of Glasgow, published in Environmental Research • Findings confirm widespread pres