Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes

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

In August of 2021, rain fell atop the 10,551-foot summit of the Greenland ice cap, triggering an epic meltdown and a more-than-2,000-foot retreat of the snowline. The unprecedented event reminded Joel Harper, a University of Montana glaciologist who works on the...

EU to tackle ship-source pollution to clean up Europe’s seas

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 20, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU Council and Parliament reached political agreement late Thursday to amend Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for pollution offences. The co-legislators agreed to align the Directive with the International...

Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 20, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, was among the human rights experts who issued the statement. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, was among the human rights experts who...

Commission welcomes provisional agreement on tackling ship-source pollution to help make European seas cleaner

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 19, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on the amendment of Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for pollution offences. The co-legislators agreed...

EU growth, inflation set for further falls: winter forecast

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 19, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU economy entered 2024 on a weaker footing than expected, the European Commission said Thursday, revising growth down to 0.5% in 2023, as inflation slows faster than projected in the autumn. The European Commission’s Winter Interim Forecast revises EU...

Kick-off for a New Polar Research Project

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 16, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The new research project YESSS – Year-round EcoSystem Study on Svalbard – is focusing on how Arctic warming is changing over the seasons in Svalbard. The team of around 30 scientists observes the life cycles, foraging and overwintering strategies of...