John Crimaldi is a professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets ...

Every time you flush a toilet, it releases plumes of tiny water droplets into the air around you. These droplets, called aerosol plumes, can spread pathogens from human waste and expose people in ...

New research led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has confirmed that coastal water pollution transfers to the atmosphere in sea spray aerosol, which can reach people beyond just ...

The team, also involving researchers from the University of Bath, used facilities at Diamond Light Source, to study the water uptake of ... well ventilated to allow aerosol particles to escape ...

New research has confirmed that coastal water pollution transfers to the atmosphere in sea spray aerosol, which can reach people beyond just beachgoers, surfers, and swimmers. New research led by ...

More information: Bacterial and Chemical Evidence of Coastal Water Pollution from the 2 Tijuana River in Sea Spray Aerosol, Environmental Science & Technology (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c02312 ...