When mixed with oxygen, nitrogen in wastewater creates nitrous oxide, a powerful global warming gas. But there are ways to reduce the harm.
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Wastewater treatment plants remove pollutants from sewage before it returns to lakes, rivers, and oceans.
But that treatment process can produce some harmful pollution of its own.
A surprisingly simple fuel modification could help tackle one of diesel engines’ biggest problems: pollution. Researchers…
Issues with wastewater discharge will be solved with a new plant, and restoration efforts will help the local estuary directly.
California is turning to an unusual set of environmental helpers, worms and microbes to tackle one of agriculture’s most serious…
In order to stabilize global warming at less than 1.5°C in the long term, there is a need not only for a drastic reduction in…
A massive global analysis found that nitrogen pollution can either speed up or dramatically slow the natural "breathing" of…
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