Environment

Rinnovabili • Sea mercury pollution endangers Arctic animals and human health
Pollution
Centuries-old sea mercury pollution threatens Arctic wildlife and Indigenous communities

Mercury released by human activities such as coal combustion and gold mining can stay in the atmosphere for up to a year. Once it enters the ocean,…

Rinnovabili • UN High Seas Treaty may take effect by January 2025
Climate Change
UN High Seas Treaty set to…

In Nice, delegations from 120 countries, including more than 50 heads of…

Rinnovabili • AI emissions up 150% at Big Tech firms
Climate Change
AI fuels 150% surge in indirect…

Amazon leads the ranking with a 182% increase in indirect emissions between…


Rinnovabili • Marine protected area
Water Management
Marine protected area, 1 in 4 is ghost

A study published in Conservation Letters analyzes the 100 largest marine protected areas in the world,…

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Waste
Swarms of minirobots apply to recover microplastics in water

The problem of microplastics in water could be reduced by using nanoscale robots capable of attracting…

Rinnovabili • CO2 concentration
Pollution
The CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has never increased so much as…

Hawaii’s Maunakea Observatory reported record increases in January, February and March. March’s growth over the same…

Rinnovabili • CO2 removal
Scientific Reports
CO2 removal technologies, we need to double capacity by 2050

A study published in Nature Climate Change calculates the CO2 sequestration capacity gap in the mid-century…

Rinnovabili • Climate change
Scientific Reports
Climate change and workers’ health, which categories are most at risk?

Workers' health is at serious risk because of the effects of climate change. This is what…

Rinnovabili • Global warming
Environment
Global warming and carbon flows in Arctic and Alpine ecosystems

How will global warming affect the future of the planet? An international group of 70 scientists…

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Pollution
Companies must have a plan against microplastics losses

According to a regulation approved yesterday by the EU Parliament, companies of all sizes will have…

Rinnovabili • climate disasters
Environment
Floods and storms, Asia is the continent most affected by climate disasters

A report by the World Meteorological Organization emphasizes that hydro-meteorological risk remains the main danger, but…

Rinnovabili • Alaska drills
Pollution
Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop

The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects…

Rinnovabili • World Earth Day 2024
Environment
Plastic is the number one enemy on World Earth Day 2024

Launched by the NGO Earth Day, World Earth Day 2024 is focused on the ecological and…

Rinnovabili • Drought in the Alps
Environment
Drought in the Alps will worsen “substantially” even at +1.6°C

While the climate crisis will not significantly affect the floods caused by the melting of the…

Rinnovabili • Coral bleaching
Environment
Coral bleaching: the 4th global mass death has begun

This is the 4th event in 30 years, the 2nd in the last 10 years. It…