Environment
Pollution
Pollution
To reduce plastic pollution, we need to produce less and tax packaging
The OECD publishes a report proposing to reduce plastic pollution by 96% by 2040 with draconian measures
Editorial Team•11 October 2024
Scientific Reports
Microplastics in corals could explain the…
Discovered by an international team, microplastics in corals remain trapped for a…
Editorial Team•2 October 2024
Pollution
Low-carbon hydrogen: how to assess emission…
The European Commission has launched a new public consultation on the draft…
Editorial Team•1 October 2024
Pollution
Microplastics in the lungs, found for 1 time in living people
Research from the University of Hull, UK, used spectroscopy to detect tiny plastic fragments. Present in…
8 April 2022
Pollution
Bitcoin in the crosshairs: campaign starts to reduce the energy consumption of…
Bitcoin takes 11 times more energy than rival Ethereum for every single transaction. The reason? Two…
30 March 2022
Pollution
Microplastics found in human blood for the first time
The Immunoplast research project demonstrated that plastic pollution has now also made its way into the…
25 March 2022
Pollution
Historic agreement for the World Plastic Pollution Treaty
The United Nations Environment Assembly passes the first resolution to end global plastic pollution, a key…
15 March 2022
Climate Change
Climate Change
We have almost exceeded another Planetary boundaries
Editorial Team•25 September 2024
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