‘The air that keeps us alive is making us sick’, warn UN experts on Clean Air Day

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 7, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, marked on 7 September, takes place in a world where almost all the air we breathe is polluted, and some seven million people die from air pollution every year. Ahead of the Day, UN News spoke to two experts about the...

A New Method to Assess the Health of the Ozone Layer

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 7, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  Researchers have developed a new method for assessing the impact of ozone-depleting chemicals released into the atmosphere.  The ozone layer sits in the stratosphere – between 15 km and 30 km above the Earth - and provides a shield from some of the sun’s...

Commission approves €7.7 million Swedish scheme to support the fishery sector in the context of Brexit

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 6, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €7.7 million Swedish scheme to support the fishery sector affected by effects of the withdrawal of the UK from the EU. The aim of the scheme is to compensate companies active in the fishery sector that...

A Half-Century of Loss in Northwest Greenland

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 5, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A pair of satellite images acquired almost 50 years apart reveals striking changes to the glaciers and ice caps in northwest Greenland. A pair of satellite images acquired almost 50 years apart reveals striking changes to the glaciers and ice caps in northwest...

One third of Gaza Strip population in need of psychological and social support

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 5, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported an increase in the levels of mental disorders amongst the population of the Gaza Strip, especially among children, many of whom were already in need of mental health services and...

Poland: EU opens medical evacuations hub to facilitate transfers of Ukrainian patients

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 5, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Today, the Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, is in Poland to officially open the new EU Medevac Hub for medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients together with Ministers of Health from Poland and Ukraine. The hub is strategically located near the...