mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 17, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows. Scientists tested the effects of new PVC pellets (pre-production “nurdles” used to make many plastic products) on the development of seven species, spanning all...
mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 16, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The Brussels lobby group for heat pumps has blamed a 5% slump in 2023 sales on higher interest rates and cheap natural gas, based on a 16-country analysis. European sales of heat pumps – a key technology to decarbonise the heating sector – saw a 5% slump in 2023, a...
mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 15, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Sometimes the processing that makes food safe can compromise flavor and nutrients, but food scientist Jennifer Acuff is looking for a way to make food safe and minimize loss of quality. Food processors often use heat for pasteurization or sterilization to make food...
mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 9, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
By 2050, about a quarter of the estimated 300,000—800,000 meteorites in Antarctica will be lost due to glacial melt. By end of the century, researchers anticipate that number could rise approaching a loss of meteorites closer to three-quarters of the meteorites on the...
mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 4, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
On Wednesday, the EU is taking another important step in reducing transport emissions by adopting the European Declaration on Cycling. In the margins of the Informal Transport European Council and the Connecting Europe Days, Adina Vălean, Commissioner for Transport,...
