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Pollution
Record forest fire emissions in South Korea, sharp decline in Southeast Asia
The monitoring of forest fire emissions during the first four months of 2025, conducted by Copernicus, revealed record wildfire activity in the United Kingdom and South Korea,…
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…
A Swiss research found traces of tire additives in the most commonly…
Editorial Team•8 May 2025

Pollution
New parasites transported by microplastics from the land into the ocean
A new study revealed that microplastics can hook up pathogens from land and transported them into…
3 May 2022

Pollution
Ozone pollution endangers Italian forests
Research on the economic impact of ozone pollution on Italian forests shows a significant loss of…
29 April 2022

Pollution
Rivers pollution: Plastic catch barriers to keep them clean
The Emilia Romagna Region has introduced the innovative experimentation of plastic catch barriers for cleaning from…
15 April 2022

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…