Moss

Scientists hung clean moss beside three Russian highways, and the plants began collecting metals linked to traffic pollution

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Scientists hung clean moss beside three Russian highways, and the plants began collecting metals linked to traffic pollution

Researchers in Russia hung bags of moss beside three busy highways to see how much traffic pollution the plants would soak up. Published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, the study exposed moss collected from a clean background site to roadside air along the Leningradskoye, Yaroslavskoye, and Dmitrovkoye highways in central Russia. After analysing the … Read more

Meet Nithya Tammana: The 11-year-old New Jersey inventor who built a sub-$38 moss filter that can remove up to 95% of lead from drinking water

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Meet Nithya Tammana: The 11-year-old New Jersey inventor who built a sub-$38 moss filter that can remove up to 95% of lead from drinking water

Photo credit: actionfornature.org When Nithya Tammana learned that lead could enter drinking water through old pipes and plumbing fixtures, she did not treat the problem as someone else’s responsibility. The New Jersey student began researching affordable ways to make contaminated water safer, eventually focusing on a humble material often found growing on rocks, trees and … Read more

Why did Abdul El-Sayed distance himself from Hasan Piker? Controversy and Jeremy Moss link explained

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Why did Abdul El-Sayed distance himself from Hasan Piker? Controversy explained (Photo by Finn Gomez / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP, AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson )

Abdul El-SayedDemocratic candidate for US Senate in Michigan, distanced himself from Hasan Piker on Monday, August 24, who suggested that some pro-Israel rhetoric may lead to backlash against American Jews. The controversy has the potential to complicate El-Sayed’s campaign. Why did Abdul El-Sayed distance himself from Hasan Piker? Controversy explained (Photo by Finn Gomez / … Read more