Ultrafine aerosol particles smaller than 50 nm in size produced by human activities were previously thought to be too small to affect cloud formation but they do in fact fuel powerful storms and influ...
Read article: Nanoparticles power up a storm
Reducing plastic waste could be better strategy than cleaning up, model reveals
Long-term exposure to PM2.5 now causes nearly 90% more deaths worldwide than in 1960
Read article: Concentration of small air pollution particles has risen by more than one-third
Nitrate storage in unsaturated zone quantified on worldwide scale
Read article: Global store of nitrate pollution revealed
Discovery could also aid risk assessment of legacy slag heaps
Read article: Understanding vanadium leaching improves prospects for reuse of steel slag
Lack of safe water provision on tap and waste disposal facilities bring plastic pollution
Read article: Team sizes up packaged water waste in West Africa
An argument in favour of re-examining Soviet-era data on radiation and its effects
Read article: Chernobyl’s hidden legacy
