Research Team to Study Climate Change Effects in West Africa

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 7, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A team of University of Florida faculty members has been awarded a $1.6 million grant to study the impact of climate change in West Africa, the Minerva Research Initiative announced on Friday. A team of University of Florida faculty members has been awarded a $1.6...

EU Ship Recycling Rules Need “Major Surgery” Not A “Band-Aid”

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

    The EU Ship Recycling Regulation needs “major surgery”, but the current proposals offer little more than a sticking plaster, says Gudrun Janssens Head of Environmental & Technical Affairs, Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association on the latest GMS...

Novel processes Send Apple Waste Packing

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 2, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

  A new study by researchers at Oregon State University details a key advance in turning apple waste into an environmentally friendly packaging material that could serve as an alternative to plastic. The researchers report their advance in a paper in Food and...

Gas Flares Tied to Premature Deaths

mennessä CrNet Oy | maalis 1, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Newly published research by Rice University environmental engineers suggests flaring of natural gas from oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens of premature deaths in 2019. Satellite observations and...

Study Recommends Six Steps to Improve Our Water Quality

mennessä CrNet Oy | helmi 21, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Nitrogen fertilizers are critical for growing crops to feed the world, yet when applied in excess can pollute our water for decades. Nitrogen fertilizers are critical for growing crops to feed the world, yet when applied in excess can pollute our water for decades. A...