Environment

Rinnovabili • how to avoid triggering tipping point climate: 9 of 16 already at risk
Climate Change
9 out of 16 climate tipping points at risk under current policies

A new study recalculates the link between the climate crisis and tipping points: under today's trajectory, there is a 62% chance of triggering most of them

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

Nearly 1.4 billion people live on land contaminated by toxic metals. According…

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

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


Rinnovabili • Overshoot Day 2023
Environment
We’re out of Earth’s resources: August 2nd is Overshoot Day 2023

From today we begin to consume the supplyes of resources of 2024. This year, the Planet’s…

Rinnovabili • Permafrost virus
Environment
Permafrost virus: how dangerous are they?

A JRC study computer simulates the evolution of microorganism communities once in contact with the "digital…

Rinnovabili • Hot record of July 2023
Environment
Hot record of July 2023: we lived our first month at about…

In days, July will become the hottest month ever (not only compared to the months of…

Rinnovabili • Mines on the ocean floor
Policy and Affairs
Mines on the ocean floor: at this time no to the deep…

The dreaded green light to the exploitation of the "offshore" mines has not been there. But…

Rinnovabili • global warming
Environment
July (and 2023) to global warming record

Since the beginning of the month, the global average temperature has been stable at values never…

Rinnovabili • minerals critical for the transition
Scientific Reports
In the EVs hides the key to halve the need for Critical…

A Transport & Environment study calculates that it is possible to reduce the need for critical…

Rinnovabili • coral reefs
Environment
Fishing pollutes coral reefs with plastic

If for coral reefs within 30 meters a cleaning activity is more feasible, for those deeper…

Rinnovabili • El Niño
Environment
El Niño 2023, there’s a 1 in 5 chance it’s “historic”

The most probable scenario (81%) is that the Child progressively strengthens up to the peak in…

Rinnovabili • cooling energy
Environment
Europe is most exposed to increased demand for cooling energy

In a world of 2 degrees warmer, 8 of the 10 countries that will suffer the…

Rinnovabili • Oceans are changing color
Environment
Oceans are changing color: more and more green for climate change

The shift from blue to green reflects changes in phytoplankton populations, which are only possible with…

Rinnovabili • Anthropocene
Environment
The Anthropocene begins with plutonium at the bottom of a lake in…

The Antropocene Working Group has chosen the candidate site to define the beginning of the new…

Rinnovabili • PFAS contaminated water
Pollution
PFAS contaminated water: 45% of taps in the USA

New USGS study on PFAS contaminated water - From almost half (45%) of American taps comes…