Environment

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…
Paolo Travisi•10 August 2026

Water Management
Water becomes a weapon as the…
As conflict spreads across the Gulf, desalination plants and cogeneration facilities have…
Erminia Voccia•10 August 2026

Environment
US emissions increase as higher natural…
Rising natural gas prices triggered a sharp rebound in US coal consumption…
Erminia Voccia•2 July 2026

Environment
Half the world’s coral reefs have 13 years to live
One study analyzes the combined impact of the main stress factors for reefs in different scenarios…
14 October 2022

Environment
Hot September for Greenland: +8% global warming
The Danish island has broken every record of heat since the historical series began in 1979.…
12 October 2022

Environment
More rain than snow in the Arctic climate at the turn of…
By 2100 the number of rainy days in the Arctic could double, surpassing those marked by…
10 October 2022

Environment
Greenhouse gases, in Europe the richest 10% pollute 6 times more than…
A study published in Nature Sustainability analyzes individual greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2019 and…
7 October 2022

Environment
What is the environmental damage of the war in Ukraine?
There are still 200,000 km2 left to remove mines. The greenhouse gas emissions directly linked to…
5 October 2022

Environment
Half a degree every 10 years, that’s how much climate warming in…
Climate warming in the city reaches up to +0.69 C per decade, while in medium-sized provincial…
5 October 2022

Environment
Artic Ocean acidification is 4 times faster than in other seas
The melting of the shell creates a layer of surface water that does not mix with…
3 October 2022

Pollution
North Stream 1 and 2 Failure: What is the impact on the…
In the first few hours, the three holes together released 500 tons of methane per hour…
29 September 2022

Environment
The increase in Amazon CO2 emissions? Police fault
While deforestation increased by 75% in 2020, fines against illegal forest users fell by 89%. The…
28 September 2022

Pollution
Plastic pollution and ocean acidification: there is a link
Ocean acidification and plastic pollution are two of the biggest problems facing our waters. A Spanish…
27 September 2022

Pollution
7 citizens bring Berlin to court for air pollution
For the first time in Germany, the state ends up in the dock for violating the…
27 September 2022

Environment
Cutting emissions in 2030: Europe is on the wrong track to reduce…
By 2030, Europe should cut emissions by 66-77% to meet Paris. By mid-century, cumulative emissions should…

