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How indoor air pollution affects your health and what to do about it

Health

How indoor air pollution affects your health and what to do about it

The latest evidence suggests that indoor air quality can be as bad as a city street at rush hour. The good news is that making a few simple changes at home can help reduce the risks to your health

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Environment

US toxic chemical emissions to air, water and soil increased in 2021

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Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds

Life

Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds

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Waste water flowing into a British river from concrete pipes

Environment

The state of Britain's rivers: Slurry, silage and sewage

Features

Feargal Sharkey: We’re destroying every river in the country

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Feargal Sharkey: We’re destroying every river in the country

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RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year a small group of atmospheric scientists move a fluxsled to the ice, this was the first instrument deployed on the new MOSAiC floe. ?Leap of Science? by Lianna Nixon (USA)

Humans

See the top shots in the Woman Science Photographer of the Year award

Regulars

Dead fish in the river Oder near Schwedt, Germany, in August 2022

Environment

Huge ecological disaster in river Oder last year could repeat in 2023

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The river Fal

Environment

How can you tell if a river in the UK is healthy?

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We don't need 'miracle' green technologies to save the planet

Technology

We don't need 'miracle' green technologies to save the planet

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Loofahs are used as sponges

Chemistry

Loofah-inspired gel purifies contaminated water with warmth of the sun

A material that sucks up water while leaving behind contaminants such as oils, metals and microplastics could help improve water quality in regions without electricity

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Environment

US megadrought has led to more air pollution from power plants

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Environment

Most of England's sewage systems are overwhelmed, finds analysis

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Technology

Microplastics can be recycled to make electrodes for lithium batteries

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Environment

Crab deaths on UK coast may be caused by unknown disease, finds report

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