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Scientists discover the source of new CFC emissions

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Scientists discover the source of new CFC emissions : Since 2013, annual emissions of a banned chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) have increased by around 7,000 tonnes from eastern China, according to new research published in Nature today by an international team of scientists from the UK, South Korea, Japan, USA, Australia and Switzerland. (News Release, EurekAlert! ; 22 May 2019) Simulated Atmospheric Transport of CFC-11 (IMAGE) [ University of Bristol/EurekAlert! ] https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/201293.php?from=430289 Also... Rogue chemicals threaten positive prognosis for ozone hole (Jeremy REHM, Nature ; 02 November 2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07269-1 Ozone Recovery Projection, 1960 - 2100 ( NASA ; 2015) Event: China to host World Environment Day 2019 on air pollution (Press Release, UN Environment Programme ; 15 March 2019) https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/china-host-world-environment-day-2019-air-pollut...

Endorheic Lake Restorations - Salton Sea & Aral Sea

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Salton Sea: Finally, California and IID reach agreement on Salton Sea access and liability (Janet WILSON, Desert Sun ; May 9, 2019) https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2019/05/07/salton-sea-deal-reached-cas-largest-water-body-may-finally-get-help/1132443001/ Selected Research Articles: Ecological Restoration Potential of Management Strategies at the Salton Sea (FORNEY, 2018) http://www.sdwetlab.org/files/SaltonSeaEcology.pdf Born from a Flood:  The Salton Sea and its Story of Survival (TOMPSON, 2014) https://e-reports-ext.llnl.gov/pdf/785009.pdf Websites: Latest News about the Salton Sea ( The Salton Sea Authority ) http://saltonseaauthority.org/get-informed/latest-news/ Current Information of the Salton Sea ( Pacific Institute ) https://pacinst.org/current-information-salton-sea/ True Color Image of the Salton Sea in Southern California ( NASA , 2013) Aral Sea: The Aral Sea is Drying Out. ...

Arsenic-respiring Chemoautotrophic Microorganisms discovered in the Pacific Ocean

Arsenic-breathing life discovered in the tropical Pacific Ocean (Hannah HICKEY, University of Washington ; May 1, 2019) https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/05/01/arsenic-breathing-life-discovered-in-the-tropical-pacific-ocean/ Other Selected Research Articles: Linking Genes to Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling:  Lessons from Arsenic (ZHU et al. , 2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871744/pdf/nihms952016.pdf Biogeochemical implications of the ubiquitous colonization of marine habitats and redox by Marinobacter species (HANDLEY and LLOYD, 2013) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00136/pdf Redox cycling of arsenic by the hydrothermal marine bacterium Marinobacter santoriniensis (HANDLEY et al. , 2009) http://www.microbialgenomic.com/Redox%20cycling%20of%20arsenic%20by%20the%20hydrothermal%20marine%20bacterium%20Marinobacter%20santoriniensis.pdf