Rain in the Sahara UIC Researchers Predict a Wetter Future for the Desert

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 4, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year — one-tenth of the amount of Chicago’s rain, sleet and snow. But by the second half of the 21st century, rising global temperatures could make the Sahara much...

Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 4, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting – and where you live, could determine how badly impacted you are. The study, released on Monday, ahead of G20...

‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 3, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

UN News A teacher engaging with students in a classroom in Deir al-Balah Co-educational Primary School, run by UNRWA. After two years of war that kept them out of classrooms, Gaza’s children are finally returning to the classroom, surrounded by devastation – but...

How Climate-Damaging Nitrous Oxide Forms in the Ocean

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 31, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

To many people, nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is only known as a party drug or from the dentist. However, the nitrogenous substance also contributes significantly to global warming. As a greenhouse gas, its effect in the atmosphere is almost three hundred times more...

Preparing Communities for the Future of Wildfire

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 31, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Last year saw DRI’s inaugural global initiative aimed at advancing community resilience and adaptability in the face of rapid global change – AWE+, for an Adaptable World Environment. The event brought together hundreds of scientific experts, policymakers, resource...

Upgraded EU trade agreement with Ukraine enters into force

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 31, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The EU and Ukraine will enjoy an enhanced, fair and permanent trade framework as from 29 October, as the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) enters into force. The upgraded DCFTA delivers additional, mutually beneficial trade liberalisation,...