Reuse could eliminate 1 trillion single-use plastic bottles – report

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 17, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The report, produced by ocean advocacy group Oceana, says this 10 percentage-point increase in reusable beverage packaging would prevent up to 153 billion single-use plastic containers from entering the world’s oceans and waterways. The report says other ideas “more...

A not so silver lining: Microplastics found in clouds could affect the weather

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 16, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

From the depths of the seas to snow on mountains and even the air above cities, microplastics are turning up increasingly often. Now, in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers have analyzed microplastics in clouds above mountains. They suggest...

UNSW Researchers a Step Closer to Making Green Ammonia a Reality

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 15, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Green ammonia has the potential to drastically reduce the carbon footprint needed to produce fertiliser vital for crop-growing. The production of ammonia for fertilisers – which has one of the largest carbon footprints among industrial processes – will soon be...

Non-native species likely to continue spreading in North America, Australia and Europe

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 15, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Naturalized species, which are not native but have established themselves in new locations, have the potential to spread even further to suitable habitats in many parts of the world, reports a new study by Henry Häkkinen, Dave Hodgson and Regan Early at the University...

Clear Window Coating Could Cool Buildings Without Using Energy

mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 3, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  As climate change intensifies summer heat, demand is growing for technologies to cool buildings. Now, researchers report in ACS Energy Letters that they have used advanced computing technology and artificial intelligence to design a transparent window coating...