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
Climate Change
Realistic Global Capacity for CO2 Capture and Storage: New Study Reveals Limits
A study published in Nature Communications provides an estimate of the global maximum capacity for CO2…
Editorial Team•2 September 2024
Climate Change
Forest ecosystems and climate change
Is it possible to protect forest ecosystems from the effects of climate change? A study has…
Editorial Team•30 August 2024
Pollution
Remove nanoplastics from water with an efficiency of 98%
Create a new technology capable of removing nanoplastics from contaminated water, with an efficiency close to…
Editorial Team•29 August 2024
Climate Change
Why is the mortality rate related to temperature in Europe expected to…
A new study from the JRC examines the effects of climate change on temperature-related morbidity and…
Editorial Team•26 August 2024
Pollution
How microplastic pollution destroys coastal plants
Goodbye coastal ecosystems: the combined impact of microplastic pollution and floods caused by climate change is…
Editorial Team•23 August 2024
Climate Change
Record temperature for the Mediterranean with an average daily climb of 30…
On 15 August a record average temperature for the Mediterranean Sea of 28.9°C was recorded, higher…
Editorial Team•22 August 2024
Environment
The greatest danger to the Amazon forest is not deforestation
A PNAS study provides the first accurate estimate of the specific impact of the various anthropological…
Editorial Team•20 August 2024
Climate Change
Financing a research programme to safeguard the health of oceans and corals
Protecting corals and the health of the oceans is the goal of the Big Ideas for…
Editorial Team•19 August 2024
Water Management
So nature teaches science how to remove heavy metals from water
An international team of researchers has figured out how to remove heavy metals from water by…
Editorial Team•12 August 2024
Climate Change
July pushes 2024 to new global warming record
Data from the European satellite system Copernicus set the global warming for January-July 2024 at +1,58…
Editorial Team•9 August 2024
Environment
Extreme heat deaths: 175 000 deaths per year in Europe
Europe is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world. It alone accounts…
Editorial Team•8 August 2024
Pollution
China to set emission ceiling from 2026
So far, Beijing has only set emission and energy intensity targets, linking greenhouse gases and economic…
Editorial Team•5 August 2024
Climate Change
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