It’s time to end physical punishment of kids once and for all, WHO says

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 21, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Over half of all children under-18 worldwide continue to experience corporal punishment on an annual basis, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Corporal punishment refers most frequently to hitting children but can refer to any...

University Supports New Water Quality Monitoring Project

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 21, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

The University of Plymouth is working with partners in Devon to help tackle water pollution through a new monitoring project. The project aims to make water quality data more accessible – so communities, experts and agencies can better understand what’s happening in...

Four Columbia Women Are Reimagining Rice Farming to Tackle Climate

mennessä CrNet Oy | elo 20, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

During my time at the Columbia Climate School and School of International and Public Affairs as a student in the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, I had the privilege of studying alongside the brilliant women behind Clean Crop, a project that grew from...

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...