On August 12, the moon passes over the sun and parts of Europe go dark for over two minutes. Iceland sees its first total solar eclipse since 1954 — a rarity that won’t return until 2196
Unlawful delays by the European Commission have led to around 100,000 tonnes of chemicals contaminating food systems, drinking water, homes and elsewhere.
Recycled polyester produces, on average, 55% more microplastic particles during washing than virgin polyester.
The bacterium ‘Klebsiella pneumoniae’, which is resistant to all antibiotics, is also particularly aggressive and dangerous.
A study published today in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimetre-sized plastic fragments are increasing much faster than larger floating plastics in the North Pacific Garbage Patch [NPGP], threatening the local ecosystem and potentially the global carbon cycle.
A new global fund for sharing the benefits of using digital sequence information (DSI) from genetic resources was agreed at COP16 in Cali, Colombia. However, discussions around the establishment of a new wider biodiversity fund, as well as other key decisions, have been postponed and the meeting suspended.
The CAP, which represents about a third of the EU’s budget (€55 billion annually), was meant to address sustainability alongside supporting farmers. It grants financial rewards for environmentally friendly practices, like planting trees or conserving wetlands. However, these measures have largely failed to protect biodiversity.
We must hope. Hope is good. Politicians, businesspeople, and even climate activists keep hammering it home, but research shows that people who worry are more likely to take action together.
To sustain even a basic standard of living for everyone, we need to dramatically change our economic systems and technologies, new research reveals.
Increasing supplies of earth metals such as lithium and cobalt drive prices down. Good news, you might say. But it is holding back the energy transition.