Pollution

Canada axes entire marine pollution program

26 May 2012

Canada is notifying government scientists that their jobs will be eliminated or affected by closure of the country's marine pollution program -- but at least one isn't going quietly.

NZ Sea Pollution Disaster Captain Is Jailed

25 May 2012

The captain and second officer of a ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution disaster when it ploughed into an offshore reef have both been jailed for seven months.

Pollution Teams With Thunderclouds To Warm Atmosphere

25 May 2012

Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study published May 10 in Geophysical Research Letters. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet clear