Turning Food Waste into a New Bioplastic

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 30, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Current plastic waste management methods are costly and harmful to the environment — and common biodegradable alternatives, like soggy paper straws, fall short as a replacement. MetaCycler BioInnovations has changed that by creating a better bio-based plastic...

Ocean-surface warming four times faster now than late-1980s

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past four decades, a new study has shown. Ocean temperatures were rising at about 0.06 degrees Celsius per decade in the late 1980s, but are now increasing at 0.27 degrees Celsius per decade. Published today...

Commission proposes tariffs on remaining agricultural products and on fertilisers from Russia and Belarus

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission has adopted a proposal to impose tariffs on a number of agricultural products from Russia and Belarus, as well as on certain nitrogen-based fertilisers. The agricultural products affected by the new tariffs constitute 15% of agricultural...

’Ready to defend’: EU hardens line on Greenland as Trump doubles down threat

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Donald Trump’s repeated threat to take control of Greenland one way or another has aroused a sense of alarm across Europe. The European Union is hardening its official line against Donald Trump’s threat to take control of Greenland – using military force...

Denmark boosts Arctic defence spending by $2.1 billion, responding to US pressure

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 28, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish crowns ($2.05 billion) boosting its military presence in the Arctic, following renewed, opens new tab interest by U.S. President Donald Trump in controlling Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory. This...

Extreme weather failing to encourage political climate action, says activist Luisa Neubauer

mennessä CrNet Oy | tammi 27, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Fridays for Future organiser warns conspiracy theories are increasingly taking hold despite effects of global heating. The rise in extreme weather is not generating political support for climate action, Germany’s best-known climate activist has warned, as conspiracy...