Copper and mercury emerge as top metal contaminants in South America’s Del Plata Basin
The first integrated assessment of metals across the Del Plata Basin identifies copper and mercury as the main contaminants of ...
Tag: ecological risk assessment
Tire Additives Dominate River Pollution Through Suspended Particles
A four-season study of China's Qiantang River found that tire additive compounds concentrate in suspended particles, with HMMM posing significant ...
Coal, Cows and Traffic Leave a Cadmium Fingerprint in Loess Plateau Soils
A study of farmland soils in the southern Datong Basin finds slight contamination and low ecological risk overall, with cadmium ...
Rubber Antioxidants Pose Mostly Low Ecological Risk in Chinese Freshwaters, Model Study Finds
A QSAR-ICE modeling study finds mostly low ecological risk from substituted p-phenylenediamines and their quinone derivatives in Chinese freshwaters, with ...
Trait-Based Individual Models Extend Chemical Risk Assessment to Data-Poor Species
Trait-based individual-based models allow ecological risk assessors to extrapolate chemical effects from well-studied test species to poorly characterized species of ...
Nanoplastics shift acute chlorpyrifos toxicity in marine amphipods
A 96-hour laboratory study found that polyethylene nanoplastics altered acute chlorpyrifos toxicity in the marine amphipod Parhyale hawaiensis, while a ...
Forensic Sediment Fingerprinting Reveals Heavy Metal and Hydrocarbon Contamination in Algiers
On the industrialized edge of Algiers, the mud beneath the water has quietly been keeping a record. A team of ...
Antibiotic Hotspots and Rapid Decay Revealed in Eastern China River Basin
A two-year study of 184 water samples from an eastern Chinese river basin identified sulfachloropyridazine as a dominant antibiotic pollutant ...
Inside ALMaSS: The Software Engine That Simulates Entire Farming Landscapes Down to the Square Metre
A newly published technical overview reveals how the ALMaSS landscape and farming simulation engine models real terrain at one-square-metre resolution, ...
Buried but Not Gone: Microplastics Stack Up in Tropical Beach Sediments
A study of five beaches on India's Diu Island shows microplastics stratify through coastal sediments, with burial depth, polymer type, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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