University of Tartu Researchers Have Found a Way to Give Old Smartphones a New Life

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 10, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

A recently published article by researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science introduces a novel approach to reducing electronic waste and advancing sustainable data processing: turning old smartphones into tiny data centres. Each year, more...

Speech by President von der Leyen at the EU side event on the Ocean Pact

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 10, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Having listened to all the speeches this morning, we can truly say that Europe is a continent of the sea. We have a particularly close connection to the Ocean, with an extraordinary 70,000 kilometres of coastline. Every fifth European lives at the coast, and so much...

World must move from ‘plunder to protection’ to save oceans, UN chief warns

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 10, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Speaking at France summit, António Guterres called for bold pledges to stop deep sea from becoming ‘wild west’ Nations must move from “plunder to protection” in order to save the world’s seas from crisis, the UN chief told the ocean summit on Monday. All countries...

EU wants to work with partners on digital transition

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 6, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The EU has set out a new International Digital Strategy to show the EU as a stable and reliable partner which is open to digital cooperation with allies and partners. The Strategy, which reaffirms the EU’s commitment to building a rules-based global digital order, in...

From summits to street art to schools: Here’s how we’re marking World Environment Day

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 6, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

5 June marks the 52nd World Environment Day, led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and hosted by Jeju, South Korea, under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution. Around the world, civil society groups and UN teams are hosting webinars, forums, summits and other diverse...

Scientists Say Next Few Years Vital to Securing the Future of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 6, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered with very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a devastating four metres of global sea level rise to play out over hundreds of years according to a study now published in Communications Earth...