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Kettleman City, CA - Jan 29, 2022: Many cars charging at a Tesla Supercharger station. Supercharger stations allow Tesla cars to be fast-charged at the network within a hour.

Environment

California's electric car boom reduces pollution – but not everywhere

A programme to increase electric vehicle adoption in California increased air pollution in lower-income communities and communities of colour – groups that are less likely to own electric cars

News

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

Features

Environment

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

News

Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds

Life

Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds

News

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

Video

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

News

The river Fal

Environment

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

News

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

Technology

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

A focus on revolutionary solutions like carbon capture and geoengineering is slowing the uptake of existing answers to the problems of climate change, air pollution and energy security, says environmental engineer Mark Jacobson

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Chemistry

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

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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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