Q&A: The Arctic Melt Season Is a Week Longer Now Than It Was in the 1980s, Shows New

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 4, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Relatively few people have been to the Arctic, and even fewer have set foot in Antarctica. Most of us rely on our imaginations and media to visualize these landscapes and the ways they are changing. Research shows that the Arctic is warming four times faster than the...

Tangled Plastic, Fishing Gear Found in Pilot Whales

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 4, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers shows that nearly 23% of short-finned pilot whales that stranded over 13 years in the main Hawaiian Islands ingested several pounds of plastic ropes, netting, fishing gear and plastic bags that were discarded...

World News in Brief: US-Iran war intensifies, aid for Myanmar, casualties in Ukraine

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 4, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Fighting between the United States and Iran has sharply escalated after a month-long lull, with the two sides exchanging strikes as fears grow over further civilian casualties. The US military struck rocket launchers on an island in the Strait of Hormuz over the...

Why so many countries want to join the EU, except Europe’s richest

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 4, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Nine candidate countries are racing to get into the European Union. Three of Europe’s wealthiest democracies are doing everything they can to stay out. Is the EU’s pull weaker on the continent’s richest? Ukraine and Moldova have finished screening their laws against...

The seimme was approved under the Middle East Crisis Temporary State Aid Framework (METSAF) adopted by the Commission on 29 April 2026

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 3, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Portugal notified to the Commission a €30 million scheme to support companies active in the primary production of agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products. The scheme, which will run until 31 December 2026, aims to mitigate the impact of the increase in...

Even Small Amounts of Ocean Plastic Can Affect Petrel Chicks

mennessä CrNet Oy | syys 3, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Ocean plastic pollution is accidentally on the menu for southern giant petrel chicks. Even small nibbles of it may affect their physiology during development, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, and Argentina’s National Research...