Fiddler Crabs Found to Hoover Up and Break Down Microplastic Particles

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 18, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

New research has found that Fiddler crabs are playing an unheralded role when it comes to hoovering up microplastics found in the world’s mangrove forests and salt marshes. Scientists studying a thriving population of Fiddler crabs in a polluted mangrove forest in...

The Climate Cost of Aviation: New Study Shows Contrails Are a Major Driver of Aviation’s Climate Impact

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 17, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Aviation’s climate impact extends beyond carbon dioxide emissions. A new international study, involving researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, reveals that contrails can represent a significant portion of aviation’s...

UN deal delivers a smoother ride for global trade

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 17, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Moving goods around the world could soon become cheaper, faster and far more flexible, following the adoption of a new United Nations-backed agreement that modernises the paperwork behind global shipping. The UN Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents creates, for...

The Alps set to lose a record number of glaciers in the next decade, study warns

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 16, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Glaciers are melting worldwide. In some regions, they could even disappear completely. Looking at the number of glaciers disappearing, the Alps could reach their peak loss rate as early as 2033 to 2041. Depending on how sharply the planet warms, this period may mark a...

The Alps to Lose a Record Number of Glaciers in the Next Decade

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 16, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

How much longer will glaciers survive? A new study from ETH Zurich researchers offers the first detailed projection of how many glaciers could vanish by 2100 due to global warming – and why regions such as Switzerland will be most affected. This approach could also...

EU Council secure agreement on fish quotas for 2026

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 15, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Fisheries ministers have reached a political agreement on fishing opportunities in the Atlantic, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and other waters for 2026 and for certain stocks for 2027 and 2028. The deal, reached following two days of negotiations,...