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Learn about light pollution, including its effects on nature.
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Learn more about the major kinds of pollution in this infographic explainer.
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Research has discovered how houseplants could potentially remove VOCs and other indoor...
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Upcycling plastic bags into battery parts.
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Learn more about the effects of excess light.
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Learn how plastic debris affects the Pacific Ocean.
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Learn about efforts to minimize the environmental impact of tar-sand (also called...
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The major kinds of pollution, usually classified by environment, are air pollution,...
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Workers steaming blast rocks covered in crude oil leaking from the Exxon Valdez,...
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Plastic pollution, including many single-use plastics like bags and food packaging,...
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Areas affected by acid deposition contrasted with regions of high acid sensitivity.
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Degradation of toluene in soil. Removal of the pollutant toluene from the soil requires...
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The primary drivers of biodiversity loss are influenced by the exponential growth...
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