Environment

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…
Editorial Team•23 April 2025

Climate Change
Earth Day 2025: Spotlight on Renewable…
On April 22, millions around the world will unite to celebrate Earth…
Editorial Team•22 April 2025

Scientific Reports
Electrochemical iron production: how competitive is…
Green iron production via electrochemistry cuts emissions and costs. Porosity is key…
Editorial Team•21 April 2025

Water Management
10 tips to save water at home
A mini-guide to save at least 100,000 liters of water per year developed by the Milan…
25 July 2022

Pollution
The study that will show the real extent of microplastic pollution
The crew of SEA Plastics is unique: every year on this ship a group of scientists…
21 July 2022

Environment
At the turn of the century, the exceptional heat wave in the…
Today, the probability that Britain will hit 40 degrees is 1 time every 86 years. In…
21 July 2022

Environment
In June, global warming in Europe reached +2.5°C
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration records confirm Copernicus data. For Europe it was the 2nd hottest…
18 July 2022

Water Management
What does drought have to do with sequestering CO2 in the soil?
A study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, has established that…
16 July 2022

Uncategorized
Historical emissions: in 30 years the 5 largest polluters have gnawed 11%…
Researchers at Dartmouth College develop the first study that provides legally valid estimates of the financial…
14 July 2022

Environment
China struggling with an abnormal and persistent heat wave
In Shanghai the mercury column regularly exceeds 40 degrees from 6 days. From 1873 to today,…
13 July 2022

Environment
Is there really another ozone hole that we didn’t know about?
According to a scientist at the Canadian University of Waterloo, for 40 years there has been…
9 July 2022

Environment
Drought in Europe: what happens when climate change “inflates” the Azores High?
A study published in Nature Geoscience estimates that the increase in emissions in the 1800s led…
7 July 2022

Environment
If we respect the 1.5 degrees, the climate risk drops by 44%
The research team used 21 alternative climate models to simulate regional climate change models corresponding to…
6 July 2022

Pollution
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in waste: European Parliament calls for stricter limits
Strasbourg adopted its negotiating position on Tuesday on new rules on persistent organic pollutants and waste…
4 July 2022

Environment
Extreme heat sets new records across the northern hemisphere
From Japan to Siberia, from Central Asia to the Eastern United States, to Europe, thermometers are…