EU to speed up plans for Europe’s high-speed rail network

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 10, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

A comprehensive transport package adopted by the Commission will accelerate the roll-out of Europe’s high-speed rail network and boost investment in renewable and low-carbon fuels for the aviation and waterborne sectors. The new High-Speed Rail Action Plan sets out...

Transport emissions: deal on a single calculation method

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 6, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

On Wednesday, Parliament and Council negotiators agreed on a single EU methodology for calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport services. Under the preliminary agreement, the new rules will make it easier to compare the environmental performance of...

The Chilling Effect of Air Pollution

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 6, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Earth is reflecting less sunlight, and absorbing more heat, than it did several decades ago. Global warming is advancing faster than climate models predicted, with observed temperatures exceeding projections in 2023 and 2024. These trends have scientists scrambling to...

Gender Equality Week: the way forward for women’s political participation

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 6, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The need for stronger support systems to make political representation more inclusive across Europe was highlighted by MEPs and experts in a public hearing on Wednesday. In the framework of Gender Equality Week 2025, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality...

Plastic-eating bacteria discovered in the ocean

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 5, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Far beneath the ocean’s surface, researchers have found bacteria that can digest plastic, using specialized enzymes that evolved alongside humanity’s synthetic debris. A large-scale global study by scientists at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science...

How Algae Help Corals Bounce Back After Bleaching

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 5, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

With much of the world’s coral turning a ghostly white, UC Riverside scientists have launched a $1.1 million project to uncover how reefs regain life-giving algae after suffering from heat stress. Bleaching occurs when stressed corals lose the algae living in their...