Airline passengers and crews who hold poor cabin air quality responsible for nasal irritation and headaches they suffer should, in fact, blame the oils on their skin, hair and clothing for these symptoms. A new study has shown that interactions between body oils and ozone found in airplane cabins may lead to the formation of [...]
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley are aiming to develop a cutting edge technology for detecting diseases in humans exposed to environmental contaminants. Lead researcher, Dr. Stephen Rappaport said that presently, “the ability to characterize the health risks of environmental contaminants, and to understand the influence of genetic variability is limited, because tests are [...]
The world’s dams are contributing millions of tonnes of harmful greenhouse gases and spurring on global warming, a new study by a US environmental agency has revealed. “Often it’s accepted that hydropower is a climate friendly technology but in fact probably all reservoirs around the world emit greenhouse gases and some of them, especially some [...]
UK has listed the ubiquitous House Sparrow and hedgehogs in an updated list of species that need conservation and protection.UK’s new Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) has identified 1,149 species and 65 habitats in the Isles as being in need of conservation and greater protection. When the action plan was initially launched in 1997, it listed [...]
Tropical rainfall is on the rise, NASA scientists have said. Using a 27-year-long global record of rainfall assembled by the international scientific community from satellite and ground-based instruments, the scientists found that the rainiest years in the tropics between 1979 and 2005 were mainly since 2001.The rainiest year was 2005, followed by 2004, 1998, [...]