Obsorb Glass Can Choose and Remove Pollutants from Water
Researchers from all around the world have tried over time to find different ways to reduce pollution and it seems that often they did this due to smart materials. For example some researchers from the College of Wooster managed to develop a new type of glass wich acts as a sponge and can be used to clean polluted water sources. This new smart material has the ability to choose and remove pollutants from contaminated groundwater.
CO2 Emissions Could Generate Noise Pollution in the Oceans
Since CO2 emissions started to grow, researchers have begun to warn us of the seriousness of this process, using different scientific discoveries related to negative effects of carbon dioxide. Last days, some researchers at the University of Hawaii have discovered that along with the increasing level of CO2 emissions, increases the acidity of the oceans and seas too. When ocean acidity increases, sound-absorbing chemical reactions are reduced and that means the sound will spread in the water faster and noisier.
Soil Pollution Process Explained
I think it is not necessary to define again “soil pollution” term, because I already did this in an older post. So, we will go straight to the point!
Soil can be polluted:
A)directly;
B)indirectly;
Fish from American Waters are Contaminated with Mercury
Americans, attention!!! It is not a joke! All information in this post are real! Recently, American Geological Services announced, after several studies, that all freshwater-fish from United States, contain a neurotoxic substance…mercury!!!Some studies made by US Geological Survey shows that 292 rivers and lakes in United States are full of fish contaminated with mercury.
Stressed Plants Could Negatively Influence the Climate
On “My Green Treasure” we talked several times about the factors influencing climate evolution and global warming. We strive to present some unusual factors that were not so popular lately. Today I want to start from the next idea: plants can positively influence the climate but on the other hand could lead to an intensification of global warming process.
Many Islands from Pacific Could Disappear in Only Few Years
Global warming is a phenomenon that frightens increasingly more countries, several organizations and many more people. Polluting gases, greenhouse gases, in large quantities can cause an increase in global temperature up to 6 Celsius degrees. This thing could lead to dramatic changes of our planet.
AquaIris Non-Electric Portable Water Purification System
In a previous post my friend “Ecodistant” presented the best water purification methods (Distillation,Carbon Absorption,Ion Exchange,Microporous Basic Filtration,Ultrafiltration,Reverse Osmosis BWPM). These purification methods are very practical, but now there is something new on markets, and as usual, when something new appears we leave behind old things 
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Air Pollution Could Decrease Newly Born Childrens IQ
Pollution of air, water, soil and many other natural elements, have as side effects destruction of plant and animal habitats,leading to the disappearance of plant and animal populations and also can affect human organism. Air pollution can affect respiratory system, water pollution and soil can affect digestion and other similar processes. Recently, a study made by researchers from NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) shows that human IQ can be also affected by athmospheric pollution(eg, mothers exposed to any kind of pollution could born children with a low IQ).
Green Firefighter Training in Colorado
In many cases of environmental pollution,the main factor is the burning process, which often can be started accidentally.Burning process can be found also in any car’s engine that run on fossil fuels or in big factories that burn materials to obtain other various products. In this post I want to present another aspect of environmental pollution, respectively pollution made by accidentally fires.Building fires can generate a large amount of pollutant gases that are not only harmful to the environment but are also toxic to humans.
Green Treasures – Best water purification methods explained
Although we are supposed to live in the most highly technologized society this Earth has ever seen, but water pollution and the task of providing the people with clean, healthy water seems to be still a very concerning and difficult issue for the
world governments to solve. If nowadays the large part of the urban societies are used to pay for, either mineral water or some
other type of water-based drink, the availability of clean, fresh water should be a benefit to every human being
on this Earth being a basic human need! Read more
2009 Urban Environmental Problems
Environment is one of the three pillars of sustainable development.Human activity has accumulated problems that have left increased pollutants in the atmosphere, vast areas of land resources degraded, depleted and degraded forests, biodiversity under threat, increasingly inadequate freshwater resources of deteriorating quality and seriously depleted marine resources. Read more
Ocean Pollution Catastrophe Could Happen in 2050
This year in June(1-12) will be hold a meeting in Bonn and will participate 70 members from all largest faculties in the world to discuss about oceans pollution and how we can quickly remove the effects of this environment pollution.Studies made until now shows that climate changes produce a high acidity that affects all living creatures from oceans, and these effects could be removed only in thousands years.Researchers learned from the experiments made until now, that if we want to save the oceans, CO2 emissions should be reduced by 50% in a very short time.
Solar Powered Nano Sensors-Pollution Detector System
Pollution is a process that is present today in many places on earth.People have tried and still trying to reduce as much as possible this pollution process and the effects of this global phenomenon.But how people will know where they have to intervene most? Until now this thing was done statistically or with many previous studies and analysis.
Recently Queensland University of Technology has been awarded a $ 1.3 million for the invention of a solar powered nano sensors system, able to detect and monitor environmental pollution.The main advantage of this system is represented by a lower energy consumption,perfectly adjusted for high performances.Another similar system is named GIS(Geographic Information System).”GIS use geographical coordinates of various locations on the planet, store them in special tables in order to be analyzed.This program is very useful in many fields: transportation, real estate, planning, public safety, ecology, environmental protection, environmental events.” – http://www.mygreentreasure.com/2009/04/gis-environmental-monitoring-system/
Solar powered nano-sensors: “The sensors are contained in self-contained boxes which could be placed where needed. The devices are tiny carbon tubes with a diameter of a few millionths of a millimeter, which will be covered with hair-like sensing modules. This unique structure increases the sensitivity of the detector, since it increases the exposed surface area. The energy-efficient sensors will be powered by a new kind of solar cell developed in Australia by Dyesol that would transmit data to monitoring stations using radio or a UMTS system.” – www.ecofriend.org
1227 Bird Species Will Disappear due to Global Warming
International Union For Nature Conservation has created a list of birds that could disappear very soon due to pollution and global warming.This list was made by BridLife International, shows that 12% or 1227 species of birds could disappear.The most threatened bird is Eriocnemis isabellae from Colombia, similar to Heteromirafra sidamoensi from Etiopia.The list made by IUNC represent the most real statistics of the animal species conservation on the planet.Anti Desertification SeedBomb Designed by Hwang Jin Wook
We all know that deforestation is one of the reasons that cause air pollution and impicitly,global warming.At the end of last century one of the major mistakes that people have done was to cut a large area of forest from the earth surface.Because social and economic reasons, justified or unjustified, forests have disappeared.This thing has resulted in an urgent need of afforestation.What you can see in the picture below is not a bomb attack … is a new method to plant saplings in deforested areas.EcoloBlue Atmospheric Water Generator Able to Absorb Humidity From Air
We all know that water is a basic element in our life, an essential element,( without water we could not live.Even the human body consists of 80-90% water). Water is everywhere in the ground,in plants,in the air.Yes, in the air! The air around us has different levels of humidity depending on our location. This water from the air is now used in producing clean drinking water.New Portable Water Purification Device
“Concentrated dioralyte is then mixed with this potable water to enrich it with nutrients. The designer states that a container full of concentrated dioralyte can be used 15 times to enrich about 500ml of water each time; afterwards the container can either be refilled or replaced with a new one. This purified and enriched water is then stored in a container until it’s used.” – www.ecofriend.orgFirst Biodegradable Bottle Made From Vegetables
GIS Environmental Monitoring System
GIS (Geographic Information System) represents a new method of environmental monitoring.This system is a combination of hardware and software that can store and analyze any environment data.Also, this system allows the management of environmental data according to their location on earth.GIS can store data according to their geographical location, and has many methods of management that may help solve environmental worldwide problems.
GIS use geographical coordinates of various locations on the planet, store them in special tables in order to be analyzed.This program is very useful in many fields: transportation, real estate, planning, public safety, ecology, environmental protection, environmental events.
GIS also has in its structure a series of intelligent maps,presenting geographical areas with all characteristics for a specified time period.
Sea Sheels Could Reduce Water Pollution
Until now water pollution and water purification represented a big problem that could be solved only through advanced technologies that require lots of money and time.A new discovery shows that water can be purified with some more “cheap” materials, natural materials, like sea shells.
This thing seems to be impossible, but science is in a continuous evolution and more things that 10 years ago were impossible, now can be made easier and one of the reasons is because environmental pollution motivates people to react and create ways to “defend”.This project could save many lives in the cheapest way possible.Sea sheels have some special characteristics that allow some exchange of substances between them and toxic metals from water.
“The shells are made of aragonite, a form of calcium carbonate (CACO3) that readily swaps out its calcium atoms in favor of heavy metals, locking them into a solid form. The shells are naturally basic, too — when dissolved they have a pH of 8.3.” -http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/27/shells-metals-water.html