7 Foods and Beverages That Have the Most Microplastics (and What to Eat Instead)
Microplastics—tiny plastic particles between 1 nanometer (nm) and 5 millimeters (mm) in size—have infiltrated our environment, including the food we consume daily.
Carbon? It’s just the prologue
AgSpire co-founder Jared Knock discusses how carbon concerns drive support for biodiversity initiatives, regenerative agriculture and soil health practices – the keys, as he sees it, to a financially viable future for family farms.
Can basalt capture carbon on the farm and help soils?
Basalt is a dark-colored, dense igneous rock formed from solidified lava. It has been used to make concrete and asphalt aggregates due to its hardiness and durability. In recent years, an interest has developed in using basalt as a soil amendment for agriculture.
20 years of satellite data reveal 'staggering' levels of glaciers melting, sea levels rising
Over the past 20 years, glaciers worldwide have lost 273 billion tonnes of ice to a warming world, and this ice loss has driven sea levels to rise at an accelerated pace, according to a decades-long comprehensive analysis based on satellite data.
Center for Bioenergy Innovation
The Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is custom engineering feedstock plants and microbes for a thriving bioeconomy. CBI builds on a robust legacy of scientific understanding to provide breakthroughs for a new generation of cost-effective, environmentally positive, and industrially relevant bioproducts and biofuels, including sustainable aviation fuels.
Transparency key genome editing future
Genome editing faces regulatory uncertainty across the globe. Transparency from all of the players in the field remains key for the technology to gain public acceptance.
The role of AI in reducing urban pollution
As a species, we’ve reshaped the world to suit our ambitions – building cities that scrape the skies and digital networks that pulse with life. But in doing so, we’ve also filled the air with invisible threats. The atmosphere of opportunity surrounding us is often tainted – thick with pollutants that quietly infiltrate our lungs.
Why Minnesota wants to be a leader in sustainable aviation fuel
Sustainable aviation fuel is having a moment in Minnesota.
Lawmakers are considering a broad expansion of tax credits for producers of the fuels, in hope of positioning Minnesota as a leading manufacturer.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently awarded a grant to the University of Minnesota to study a new oil-producing field crop that holds promise as a chief component of the fuel.
Doctors Say They’ve Found a Way to Clean the Microplastics Out of Your Body
A high-end medical practice is offering clients the purported service of scrubbing their blood of microplastics.
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Not to burst your perfectly blown bubble, but it turns out that chewing gum may be flooding your mouth with microplastics.
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