Day: December 5, 2023

Using AI to find microplastics

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Using AI to find microplastics

An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Waterloo is using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify microplastics faster and more accurately than ever before. Microplastics are commonly found in food and are dangerous pollutants that cause severe environmental damage — finding them is the key to getting rid of them. The research team’s advanced imaging … Read more

Wildfires have erased two decades’ worth of air quality gains in western United States

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Wildfires have erased two decades’ worth of air quality gains in western United States

You need only to remember last summer’s wildfires in the United States and Canada, which fouled the air from coast to coast, to know the effects these blazes can have on the environment and human health. A new study has tabulated the toll from two decades of wildfires on air quality and human health in … Read more