Environment & Geology

Magazine articles on environmental science and geology.

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Chemistry World May 21, 2015 Aurora Walshe	Getting closer to secrets on the seabed Researchers from Spain have engineered a laser spectrometer to analyze solids underwater that they hope to eventually develop for deep sea research.
Chemistry World May 15, 2015 Ned Stafford	UN sets its sights on marine microplastics Microplastics are washing up on beaches around the world. Their effects on marine life are still being assessed.
Chemistry World May 11, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Greenhouse gas milestone exceeded Global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels surpassed 400ppm in March for the first time on record, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Chemistry World May 5, 2015 James Urquhart	Ancient RNA enzymes formed from freeze-thaw cycles UK researchers have shown repeated cycles of freezing and thawing could have allowed the first complex RNA enzymes, or ribozymes, to form on early Earth -- a key step for the evolution of life.
Chemistry World April 20, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Emerging from Deepwater As the five-year anniversary of the worst oil spill in US history passes, many important questions remain unanswered.
Chemistry World April 16, 2015 Tim Wogan	Early Earth collision could clear up two geological mysteries Two seemingly unconnected geology problems -- the unexpected ratio of two neodymium isotopes in terrestrial rocks and the energy source for the dynamo that creates Earth's magnetic field -- could be solved by a new theory.
Chemistry World April 8, 2015 Elisabeth Bowley	Salty soil set to hamper Bangladesh crop production Salinity changes are a serious threat to agricultural in coastal Bangladesh
Chemistry World February 12, 2015 Patrick Walter	Plastic waste entering world's oceans set to double in 10 years Plastic waste entering world's oceans amounts to five bags for every foot of coastline.
Chemistry World January 30, 2015 Andrea Sella	Landriani's eudiometer Marsilio Landriani was an Italian scientist (1751 -- 1815), who investigated gases and invented the eudiometer
Chemistry World January 22, 2015 Katie Lian Hui Lim	Switching desalination plants from carbon dioxide source to sink A new process has been proposed to decompose waste desalination brine using solar energy that could allow desalination plants to act as a sink rather than a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and help to neutralize ocean acidity.
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