Africa’s Forests Have Switched From Absorbing to Emitting Carbon, New Study Finds

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Groundbreaking new research warns that Africa’s forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source. A new international study published in Scientific Reports and led by researchers at the National Centre...

New EU strategy aims to unlock potential of bioeconomy

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

By using renewable biological resources and alternatives to critical raw materials, the EU Commission hopes its new bioeconomy strategy will chart a route to a more decarbonised economy with less dependence on fossil imports. Bioeconomy includes biomass production,...

’Almost Half of the Beaches Will Disappear by the End of the Century,’ Warns Researcher

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Beaches around the world are undergoing a process known as “coastal squeeze” due to a combination of rising sea levels caused by climate change and urbanization in coastal areas. This phenomenon not only profoundly affects the biodiversity living on the sand, but it...

European Space Agency boosts budget to catch up in space race

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The European Space Agency said Thursday it would increase its budget for the next three years to almost 22.1 billion euros ($25.6 billion). Ahead of an agency conference in the German city of Bremen, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher had expressed concern that...

Commission presents new Bioeconomy Strategy to drive green growth, competitiveness and resilience across Europe

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

On Thursday, the Commission adopted a new Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy, charting a way forward to build a clean, competitive and resilient European economy. By using renewable biological resources from land and sea and providing...

EU launches pollinator monitoring scheme to help restore biodiversity

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

The European Commission has published a legislative act setting up an EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme with a view to helping EU member states reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030. Pollinators are known to provide crucial ecosystem services on which...