US Forests Provide 83 Million People With Half Their Water

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 13, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Forested lands across the U.S. provide 83 million people with at least half of their water, according to a broad new study of surface water sources for more than 5,000 public water systems. 125 million people, or about 38% of the country’s population, receive at least...

EU to bolster financial sector’s defence against cyber-attacks

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 13, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU Parliament and Council provisionally agreed Tuesday to strengthen the IT security of Europe’s financial sector, to ensure it can maintain resilient operations in any severe operational disruption. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) sets uniform...

Dialogue and cooperation needed for ‘interlinked global crises’ UN chief says in Austria

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 12, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The world is facing “multiple and interlinked global crises,” the UN chief told journalists in Austria on Wednesday during a joint press conference with Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. Expressing his “deep gratitude” for the...

New EU strategy to protect and empower children in the online world

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 12, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

On Wednesday, the Commission has adopted a new European strategy for a Better Internet for Kids (BIK+), to improve age-appropriate digital services and to ensure that every child is protected, empowered and respected online. In the past ten years, digital technologies...

European Farmland Could Be Biggest Global Reservoir of Microplastics, Study Suggests

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 11, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Farmlands across Europe are potentially the biggest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilisers derived from sewage sludge, new research has shown. Scientists from Cardiff University and the University of Manchester estimate...

Commission steps up support to displaced researchers from Ukraine

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 11, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Commission has officially announced the launch of the MSCA4Ukraine scheme, part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. It will support displaced researchers from Ukraine for them to continue their work in academic or non-academic organisations in Europe. The...