Customisable air pollution alerts now available for monitor series
Air quality specialist EarthSense released live ambient air pollution alerting capabilities to its MyAir® web application on 25 May, "enabling prompt action against thresholds...
Academic collaboration boosts SME efforts to reach net zero
Twenty-two companies have so far collaborated with Lancaster University as part of the Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory (LCEI), a business support programme which aims to...
Sponsored Content: Ten years of innovation and leadership
AQ Mesh has been commercially available since 2012 and the firm says it the most proven and relied-upon small sensor system on the market.
Sponsored Content: Innovative odour abatement for even challenging budgets
A specialist in high-performance, low-cost odour and solvent emission abatement, Anua Clean Air UK offers products drawing primarily on its proprietary (and patented) biofiltration and bioscrubbing technologies. The company has the exclusive world-wide branding and patent rights to Monashell, Monasfil and CrumRubber technologies.
Comparing aeration and biofiltration for odour impact
A study of two wastewater treatment plants in Cordoba, Spain evaluates the odorous impact of the technologies deployed in each.
A Common Baseline
The revised European Standard for Olfactometry, EN13725:2022, was published in March, the first significant update of the standard in 19 years, according to odour consultancy firm Silsoe Odours, one of the contributors.
Pong preferences puzzle piece
What smells we like or dislike is primarily determined by the structure of the particular odour molecule. A collaborative study seems to show that people share odour preferences regardless of cultural background.
Spore circumspection
A new study led by Imperial College London appears to find that drug-resistant mould is spreading from the environment and infecting susceptible people's lungs.
PM risk for autoimmunity
Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to a heightened risk of autoimmune disease, particularly rheumatoid arthritis, connective tissue and inflammatory bowel diseases, finds research published online in the open access journal RMD Open.
Smart, affordable monitor
Instrument firm Oizom has launched an industrial-grade, single-parameter air quality monitor - AQBot - capable of measuring a range of gases in addition to particulate matter.
Smoking out the dangers
Increasingly large and intense wildfires in the Pacific Northwest of the US are altering the seasonal pattern of air pollution and causing a spike in unhealthy pollutants in August, new research appears to find. The smoke seems to be undermining clean air gains, posing potential risks to the health of millions.
An open field?
What exactly causes the characteristic "skunky" odour emitted by cannabis production facilities, and what do these emissions mean for air quality professionals and the general public? A recent study attempts such an appraisal.
Tiny traps for toxic gases
Seemingly at the leading edge of innovation in the field of air pollution and climate change mitigation are efforts to develop materials that can detect and trap pollutant gases. In some cases, captured molecules might also be stored and reused.
Silly numbers: The hopes and fears of climate intervention (book review)
"It would be very difficult, but it could be done" is maybe the most exuberant appraisal to derive from Wake Smith's detailed analysis of the climate intervention landscape as it currently appears. Pandora's Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention explores geoengineering and carbon removal options varying across a spectrum of feasibility and cost.
Aligning digital and physical sustainability
How can firms appraise and improve their digital carbon footprint, including their internet presence, asks Amy Czuba of Nexer Digital, a firm that supports...
Global warming is projected to exceed 1.8°C, according to McKinsey report
The energy transition continues to gain steam, with oil demand projected to peak in this decade, perhaps as soon as 2025, according to new...
AI and Blockchain start-up brought into major Scottish infrastructure framework
A six-year Framework with Morrison Construction and Scottish Water has been awarded to Hypervine, a cleantech construction startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Tropical megacities enter new phase of declining air
A new study appears to reveal rapid degradation in air quality in megacities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East - as well as...
2020 SEPA data shows impact of COVID-19 on Scottish emissions
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has published its Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI) data for 2020 following a cyber-attack in December 2020. ...
$650 million investment is the biggest so far in direct air capture
Swiss direct air capture (DAC) start-up firm Climeworks announced on 5 April that it has signed an equity round of $650 million (CHF...
