Africa’s Forests Have Switched From Absorbing to Emitting Carbon, New Study Finds

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Groundbreaking new research warns that Africa’s forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source. A new international study published in Scientific Reports and led by researchers at the National Centre...

New EU strategy aims to unlock potential of bioeconomy

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

By using renewable biological resources and alternatives to critical raw materials, the EU Commission hopes its new bioeconomy strategy will chart a route to a more decarbonised economy with less dependence on fossil imports. Bioeconomy includes biomass production,...

’Almost Half of the Beaches Will Disappear by the End of the Century,’ Warns Researcher

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 1, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development, Yleinen

Beaches around the world are undergoing a process known as “coastal squeeze” due to a combination of rising sea levels caused by climate change and urbanization in coastal areas. This phenomenon not only profoundly affects the biodiversity living on the sand, but it...

Mining Waste Used in Concrete

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 27, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Flinders University researchers are turning mining waste into a powerful tool for sustainable construction – proving that superior construction materials can be developed from unlikely sources. In a major building block that could help to reshape the future of...

Europe’s plastics industry risks ‘collapsing’ under broken market economics

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

More than 110 organisations within Europe’s plastics value chain have warned EU policymakers that the continent’s recycling industry is failing to cope with persistent challenges including the widening gap between virgin and recycled plastic prices. The organisations’...