Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 22, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth’s land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial...

Novel Computational Method Could Prove a Game-Changer in Tracking Down River Polluters

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 21, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Recent months have seen national outcry over water companies allowing sewage pollution in rivers to breach acceptable limits. Combined with pollution from agricultural fertilisers and chemicals, this has led to only 14% of rivers in England currently meeting ‘good’...

Commission calls on Austria to improve its National Energy and Climate Plan to ensure collective achievement of the EU’s 2030 targets

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 21, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

On Friday, the Commission has published its assessment of the draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) of Austria, which contains recommendations to assist the country in raising its ambitions in line with EU targets for 2030. The Austrian draft updated NECPs...

Nearly half the world’s 1.1 billion poor live in conflict settings

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 18, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

More than a billion people worldwide live in acute poverty and 40 per cent are in countries exposed to violent conflict, according to a UN-backed study published on Thursday. The finding comes in the latest update to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI),...

Plastic Pollution Harms Bees

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 18, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A new review study in Nature Communications is the first to systematically show the harmful effects of nano- and microplastics on bees and other beneficial insects. Their function as pollinators is impaired by the plastic particles. This harbours risks for global food...

Forever Chemicals found in bottled and tap water from around the world

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 18, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Scientists have discovered toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ present in samples of drinking water from around the world, a new study reveals. Researchers found 10 ‘target’ PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) – chemicals which do not break down in nature – in tap and bottled...