Lured by hope, trapped by lies: Healing after being trafficked

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 30, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The promise seemed simple: a job, a fresh start, a way out. Instead, Maria stepped off a boat onto a picture-perfect Trinidadian beach with hope in her heart and into a nightmare that would shadow her for years. On the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons,...

New Study Reveals Coral Reef Food Webs Are More Siloed and Vulnerable than Previously Understood

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought. Instead of being part of a highly connected system where species can...

Good Deals – Bad for the Climate: Supermarket Volume Discounts Lead to Food Waste

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 25, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets’ popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only do they make us buy more, these offers also lead to food waste at home. Food waste is a huge global problem – both economically and climatically. The UN estimates that...

EU introduces surveillance of imports and exports of metal scrap

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 24, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The EU Commission has activated a customs surveillance system to monitor the import and export of metal waste and scrap into and out of the EU, covering ferrous waste and scrap (including steel), aluminium and copper. The Commission adopted the Steel and Metal Action...

Maailman ylikulutuspäivä on torstaina 24.7. – ”Luontokato ei pysähdy, jos ylikulutus jatkuu”

mennessä CrNet Oy | heinä 23, 2025 | Kestävän kehityksen tiede- ja tutkimusuutiset

Luonnonvarojen ylikulutus on ilmastokriisin ja luontokadon kriittinen taustatekijä. Laskelmien mukaan kestävän kulutuksen vuotuinen raja ylittyy jo torstaina. Ihmiset ovat torstaina kuluttaneet luonnonvaroja niin paljon kuin maapallo vuodessa kykenee niitä laskelmien...