New Study Reveals Insight Into Which Animals Are Most Vulnerable to Extinction Due to

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 11, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Past climate change (often caused by natural changes in greenhouse gases due to volcanic activity) has been responsible for countless species’ extinctions during the history of life on Earth. But, to date, it has not been clear what factors cause species to be more or...

Study: universities worldwide are still producing far more graduates for fossil fuels than for clean energy

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 11, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Universities worldwide still produce more workers for fossil fuels than for renewable energy industries. Roman Vakulchuk and Indra Overland at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs summarise their new study on the energy transition in global higher...

EU transfer of proceedings law to help fight cross-border crimes

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 8, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Belgian EU presidency and European Parliament reached political agreement Wednesday on a proposed EU law related to the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters. With the expansion of cross-border crime, criminal justice in the EU has increasingly been...

Glacier Shrinkage Is Causing a “Green Transition”

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 8, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Glacier-fed streams are undergoing a process of profound change, according to EPFL scientists in a paper appearing in Nature Geoscience. This conclusion is based on the expeditions to the world’s major mountain ranges by members of the Vanishing Glaciers project....

EU moves to bolster cyber security capacities

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 7, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU Parliament and Council reached provisional agreement Wednesday on the Cyber Solidarity Act to strengthen the EU’s capacities to prepare for, detect and respond to cybersecurity threats. The agreement comes at a time when the cyber threat landscape in the...

Pro-nuclear countries back total opening up of EU funding for nuclear

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 7, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Nuclear technologies should benefit from all types of EU funding, such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) and innovation funds, the French-led nuclear alliance, which now has 12 EU member states, said at its meeting on Monday (4 March). The nuclear alliance met for...