Making road freight less carbon-heavy involves hard technical problems. So is it better to shift to rail or water? Parth Vaishnav and Lynn Kaack review approaches to freight
Read article: Road freight: cutting the emissions load
Sentinel 5 Precursor tracks gases such as nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide
Read article: TROPOMI finds source of pollutants
Full of festive cheer, journalists bring you the last Physics World Weekly of 2018
Read article: Physics-related festive jumpers and Mumbai’s plastic ban
Reasons for the ban and how it is impacting citizens
Read article: Mumbai’s plastic ban
‘Scope 3’ emissions, especially from industry, rise fastest globally
Read article: Indirect emissions of supply chains skyrocket
Salty films on leaves reduce drought tolerance of trees
Read article: Hygroscopic aerosols linked to forest decline
Passive samplers map out fugitive emissions sources in Toronto
Read article: Where does urban mercury come from?
Soil uptake of heavy metal depends on pH and organic matter content
Read article: Discovery could show how best to remediate cobalt pollution
Open-water tests show that the sponge-like material can completely remove a thin layer of oil from the ocean surface
Read article: ‘Oleo Sponge’ mops up oil spills
Pollution plume measurements in US reveal chemistry of particulate formation is to blame
Read article: Why is winter air responding to pollution cuts so slowly?
