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....

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...

Commission launches review of Foreign Subsidies Regulation

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 13, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The European Commission has launched today its first review of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (‘FSR’). As a first step of this review, the Commission is seeking feedback from interested parties, with a deadline of 18 November 2025. Executive Vice-President for...

Kesko updates packaging policy to align with upcoming EU regulations

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 13, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Finnish retail group Kesko has announced a comprehensive update to its packaging policy, aiming to enhance the sustainability and recyclability of materials used in the packaging of its own-brand products by 2029. The initiative is set to align with upcoming EU...

Third transfer of €1.6 billion proceeds from immobilised Russian Central Bank assets made available in support of Ukraine

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 12, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Last Friday, the European Union received €1.6 billion in so-called windfall profits generated by the interest on the cash balances originating from immobilised assets of the Russian Central Bank, held by central securities depositories. This marks the third transfer...

Human-Caused Climate Change is Expanding California’s Destructive

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 12, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The typical start of fire season in California has shifted earlier by an average of more than one day every year in most of the state since the early 1990s, and up to a total change of month and half earlier in some areas, a trend driven by human-caused climate...