Statement by Commissioner Lahbib on the 2025 World Humanitarian

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

“The EU is one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid donors, working to save millions of lives in crisis situations globally. Yet at a time when humanitarian needs are reaching new heights, respect for International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is under threat....

Scientists Hack Microbes to Identify Environmental Sources of Methane

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 19, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

UC Berkeley researchers tweaked a key enzyme involved in microbial methane production to understand the unique fingerprints of different environments on Earth that generate the greenhouse gas. Roughly two-thirds of all emissions of atmospheric methane — a highly...

In a Warming Atlantic, Hurricanes Increasingly Arrive in Groups

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 18, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

As ocean waters heat up, the Atlantic is increasingly seeing not just one, but two or more hurricanes spin up at the same time. That is the finding of a new study, which warns that warming is raising the risk that coastal cities may be battered by back-to-back storms....

‘Humanitarian work, a moral obligation’: Retired doctor returns to face the ‘silent threat’ in Gaza

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 15, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Dr. Younis Awadallah, a paediatrician who is almost 70 years old, does not hesitate to say that “humanitarian work cannot be retired.” After a successful career that lasted 43 years, during which he worked in Saudi Arabia, for the Palestinian Ministry of Health and...

Less Sea Ice, More Bergy Waters

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 15, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Climate change in the Arctic is happening faster than anywhere else on the planet. Sea ice is melting, while glaciers are calving, leading to more icebergs in the ocean. Sea ice in the Arctic is melting at an alarming rate, and this development is a clear indicator of...

Falling Ice Drives Glacial Retreat in Greenland

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 14, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ice break free and crash into the sea, generating large waves that push warmer water to the surface. Researchers at the University of Zurich and...