Unprecedented Increase in Ice Melt in Greenland Due to Climate Change

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 7, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A study led by the University of Barcelona and published in the journal Nature Communications shows that climate change has profoundly altered extreme episodes of melting of the Greenland ice sheet: it has made them more frequent, more extensive and more intense....

As housing insecurity grows, global leaders push for action

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 7, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

“Housing is the gateway to all other rights” said actor and humanitarian Richard Gere, who has joined UN efforts to combat homelessness. With nearly three billion people lacking access to adequate housing worldwide, the global housing crisis has become one of the most...

Turning Plastic Waste Into Clean Fuel Using Sunlight

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 7, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Scientists are advancing a promising solution to two of the world’s biggest challenges – plastic pollution and clean energy – by transforming waste plastics into valuable fuels using sunlight. A new paper led by Adelaide University PhD candidate Xiao Lu explores how...

Safe pathways key to reducing risk for migrants

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 7, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Restricting migration does not stop people from moving. It often pushes them into more dangerous routes. That is a central finding of the new World Migration Report 2026 released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).The report examines how safe and...

Payments under NextGenerationEU reach €400 billion

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 6, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission has today disbursed a combined €5.85 billion to Germany and Slovakia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) – the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU – bringing the total RRF funds disbursed across the EU to over €400 billion....

Scientists explore whether plastic particles could be linked to significant rises in liver disease

mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 24, 2026 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

There is considerable evidence that microplastics and nanoplastics are present in the livers of humans, and wild animal populations on land and in the ocean. Now experts in environmental and human health are investigating whether the presence of these tiny plastic...