Environment

Rinnovabili • Toxic metals contaminate over one-sixth of the world’s farmland
Pollution
Toxic metals contaminate over one-sixth of the world’s farmland

Nearly 1.4 billion people live on land contaminated by toxic metals. According to a new study, 17% of the world’s agricultural land may be polluted. For the…

Rinnovabili • Earth Day
Climate Change
Earth Day 2025: Spotlight on Renewable…

On April 22, millions around the world will unite to celebrate Earth…

Rinnovabili • green iron production: how competitive is the electrochemical route?
Scientific Reports
Electrochemical iron production: how competitive is…

Green iron production via electrochemistry cuts emissions and costs. Porosity is key…


Rinnovabili • European lithium production
Pollution
Protests against Serbian mine to support European lithium production

While Fiat launches a plant for the electric Panda in Serbia, the European lithium production mine…

Rinnovabili • Earth Overshoot Day
Environment
Today is Earth Overshoot Day 2024: we consume 1.75 Planets per year

Today is Earth Overshoot Day 2024. Global ecological debt has been stable for a decade. But…

Rinnovabili • In 2023 Earth's carbon sink will collapse
Climate Change
In 2023 Earth’s carbon sink will collapse

By 2022, terrestrial ecosystems that naturally capture and store CO2 had absorbed 9.5 billion tonnes. Last…

Rinnovabili • Global warming
Environment
Global warming: 2024 will be the warmest year ever

After the first 6 months of the year that marked new primates of heat, 2024 is…

Rinnovabili • Deep-sea mining
Water Management
Deep-sea mining will leave the ocean bottom without oxygen

A study led by the Scottish Association for Marine Science and conducted in the Clarion Clipperton…

Rinnovabili • Pesticides in drinking water
Water Management
Pesticides in drinking water, how to reduce contamination risks

How many pesticides does our drinking water contain? In the conventional treatment of drinking water, activated…

Rinnovabili • PFAS
Pollution
The threat of PFAS in lithium batteries

The battle for decarbonisation may have shadow cones. This is the case of PFAS in lithium…

Rinnovabili • global warming
Environment
We’ve had a whole year with global warming surpassing 1.5°C

Last month, globally, it was 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial average, and in Europe the global…

Rinnovabili • climate crisis adaptation
Climate Change
$21 billion to finance climate crisis adaptation in 700 global cities

More than 80% of the more than 1,100 cities that disclose data on their climate performance…

Rinnovabili • Canadian wildfires
Pollution
Canadian wildfires in 2023 polluted 4 times more than all aircraft

The new estimates provided by the World Resource Institute set at around 3 GtCO2 the emissions…

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Environment
In 30 years, extreme heat in metropolises has increased by 52%

In 20 of the world’s most populous capitals, where more than 300 million people live, between…

Rinnovabili • microplastics in water
Water Management
Class action against microplastics in bottled water in USA

Consumer groups are calling in companies for microplastics in bottled water not declared originally