Low Stream Diatom Biodiversity Potentially Decreasing Stream Oxygen Production in Remote Islands

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 9, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

“It is known that highly biodiverse diatom communities are very efficient in producing oxygen” says Professor Janne Soininen from University of Helsinki. “Islands have long been considered natural laboratories as they comprise a unique environment for living organisms...

World’s Rivers Are Driest They Have Been in Decades

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 8, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Last year, the world’s rivers had their driest year in at least three decades, according to a new U.N. report, which warns that heat and drought are sapping vital waterways. Warming is fueling both heavier rainfall and more intense drought globally. As the planet...

22nd European Week of Regions and Cities takes stock of achievements and looks ahead to the future of Cohesion Policy

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 8, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

On Monday, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira and the President of the Committee of the Regions, Vasco Alves Cordeiro, launched the 22nd European Week of Regions and Cities during a press conference in Brussels. The four-day event will bring together...

Water is ‘canary in the coalmine’ of climate change: WMO

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 8, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, according to a new report coordinated by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The State of Global Water Resources report released on Monday also highlights that over...

A letter from a mother in Gaza: Hardships, heartbreak and hope

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 7, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

‘‘This story doesn’t start from day one. It starts from nine months ago – the day I learned I was going to be a mother.” That day was in November 2023, around a month into the war in Gaza. Ala’a is among an estimated 155,000 pregnant women and new mothers in the Gaza...

Commission evaluation shows the benefits and limitations of online consumer protection laws

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 7, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

On Friday, the Commission published the findings of the Digital Fairness Fitness Check, which evaluates whether the current EU consumer protection laws are fit for purpose to ensure a high level of protection in the digital environment. The Fitness Check covered three...