The sponge, coated with nanoparticles that have an affinity for pollutants, can collect metals like zinc and copper, as well ...

The challenge for both scientists and policymakers, therefore, is to determine how to increase agricultural production but limit or prevent such damaging emissions. A second important pollutant ...

A story in a recent Star Tribune about a Rochester dentist filing a complaint against farmers who plant crops too close to the Zumbro River has everyone from environmentalists to farmers talking.

attributing the majority of pollution to agricultural runoff. Ms Chowns criticised the Government’s water commission for ignoring agricultural pollution. “When I have pressed Ministers on this ...

Major nutrient sources include agricultural runoff, domestic sewage (also a source of microbial pollution), industrial effluents and atmospheric inputs from fossil fuel burning and bush fires.

As more waterways contend with algae blooms and pollution caused by minerals from agricultural runoff and industrial manufacturing processes, new methods to remove pollutants like phosphate ...

What do residents of urban areas, the business and manufacturing, and the agriculture sector have in common? Each plays a pivotal role in enhancing water quality. There are two primary sources of ...