Environment

Rinnovabili • Electric food carts transform New York street vendors
Pollution
New York’s iconic hot dog carts are going electric to cut noise and pollution

New York is testing battery-powered street food carts that replace noisy gasoline generators with swappable batteries, offering a cleaner, quieter model that could reshape street vending in…

Rinnovabili • Water becomes a weapon as the Middle East crisis targets desalination plants
Water Management
Water becomes a weapon as the…

As conflict spreads across the Gulf, desalination plants and cogeneration facilities have…

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Environment
US emissions increase as higher natural…

Rising natural gas prices triggered a sharp rebound in US coal consumption…


Rinnovabili • Biodiversity Loss Costs $25 Trillion Annually: Why Transformative Change is Essential
Climate Change
Biodiversity Loss Costs $25 Trillion Annually: Why Transformative Change is Essential

Biodiversity loss could cost up to $25 trillion yearly, nearly equaling the U.S. GDP. Learn why…

Rinnovabili • Global Warming: What Can We Expect in 2025?
Climate Change
Global Warming: What Can We Expect in 2025?

According to the UK’s MET Office, 2025 is projected to be among the three hottest years…

Rinnovabili • Climate Change: New Study Reveals Its Impact on Earthquakes
Climate Change
Climate Change Increases Earthquake Activity

Melting glaciers can destabilize active faults in mountain ranges, amplifying seismic activity by up to five…

Rinnovabili • Tourism Emissions: Growing Twice as Fast as the Rest of the Economy
Climate Change
The Other Side of Overtourism: The Unchecked Growth of Tourism Emissions

The carbon intensity of every euro spent on tourism is four times higher than the average…

Rinnovabili • Insurance Costs: The Role of Climate Change
Climate Change
Insurance costs rise as climate-related damages amount to 567 billion euros

Climate change is having an increasing economic impact, but insurance companies continue to play a contradictory…

Rinnovabili • Saltwater Intrusion: By 2100, Saline Water in 77% of Global Aquifers
Water Management
Saltwater Intrusion: By 2100, Saline Water in 77% of Global Aquifers

In the scenario accounting for both reduced aquifer recharge and rising sea levels, saltwater intrusion in…

Rinnovabili • Arctic tundra: now emits more CO2 than it captures
Climate Change
Even the Arctic tundra now emits more CO2 than it captures

After the Amazon, this key biome in the Arctic also becomes a net emitter. Global warming…

Rinnovabili • Solar Radiation Modification: The EU must reject geoengineering
Scientific Reports
The EU must say no to geoengineering (but yes to research)

The opinion of the scientific advisors to the EU Commission has been published on solar radiation…

Rinnovabili • Global Warming 2024- Copernicus, First Year Above 1.5°C
Climate Change
2024 is the first year in which global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees

At this rate, we will surpass the Paris Agreement's target of 1.5 degrees in the first…

Rinnovabili • Rising Sea Levels: Risks in the Mediterranean
Climate Change
4 Solutions to Better Address Rising Sea Levels

The first European assessment report on rising sea levels outlines the risks and proposes four approaches…

Rinnovabili • Drought is a global reality
Water Management
Drought is a global reality

Drought has become a reality affecting the entire world, driven by climate change and human activities.…

Rinnovabili • Europe's Energy Transition: Wind Power, EVs, and CCS
Scientific Reports
Wind power, electric cars, and CCS are slowing down Europe’s energy transition

Europe has reduced emissions by 30% since 1990, but without further action, it risks missing its…