Environment
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Pollution
Italian tech tackles space debris with autonomous satellites and smart shields
Space debris threatens satellites, but two Italian innovations aim to boost orbit safety with AI, automation and CubeSat protection
Editorial Team•23 May 2025

Pollution
Record forest fire emissions in South…
The monitoring of forest fire emissions during the first four months of…
Editorial Team•17 May 2025

Pollution
Fishing gear: a leading source of…
Fishing gear is one of the leading sources of microplastics polluting oceans…
Editorial Team•12 May 2025

Pollution
Tire additives found in fruits and vegetables raise concerns for health and…
A Swiss research found traces of tire additives in the most commonly consumed fruits and vegetables.…
Editorial Team•8 May 2025

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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,…
Editorial Team•23 April 2025

Pollution
Europe’s Transport Emissions Finally See a “Structural” Decline
Between 2019 and 2024, greenhouse gases from cars, trucks, ships, and planes dropped by 5%, largely…
Editorial Team•21 March 2025

Pollution
Waste-to-energy plants in China more polluting than coal? A new study reveals…
Waste-to-energy plants in China may emit more CO2 than coal plants due to plastic waste. A…
Editorial Team•7 March 2025

Pollution
Olympics Milan Cortina 2026: The Environmental Impact Remains Unclear
Most infrastructure projects have bypassed environmental assessments through extraordinary commissioning, raising concerns among transparency advocates
Editorial Team•20 February 2025

Pollution
Peak in sight for car and truck emissions: 2025 marks a turning…
Road transport emissions globally are expected to reach their peak by 2025, even under conservative policy…
Editorial Team•20 January 2025

Pollution
Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution: The Meeting is Set for 2025
In Busan, South Korea, the latest round of negotiations decided to go into "extra time." The…
Editorial Team•3 December 2024

Pollution
The “Plastic COP” is about to fail: the global plastic treaty is…
On Sunday, December 1st, the INC-5, the 5th and final round of negotiations that began in…
Editorial Team•29 November 2024

Pollution
Here is the biodegradable supramolecular plastic that dissolves in the sea in…
Japanese researchers have developed a new durable plastic that will not pollute our oceans. The new…
Editorial Team•28 November 2024

Pollution
7 Days in Korea: The Global Plastic Treaty in the Final Stretch
In Ottawa last April, the negotiations failed to narrow the disagreements between the parties. To still…
Editorial Team•25 November 2024

Pollution
An unprecedented decrease: in 2023, Europe reduced emissions by 8.3%
Last year, greenhouse gas emissions in the EU dropped almost as much as during the pandemic,…