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Sand and dust storms have a staggering human cost
Severely underestimated, sand and dust storms are taking a growing toll on public health and economies worldwide, warns the World Meteorological Organization.
Erminia Voccia•16 July 2025
Pollution
Trump to roll back safety limits…
The U.S. EPA has announced plans to revoke the maximum contaminant levels…
Editorial Team•27 June 2025
Pollution
The carbon emissions quota for staying…
The carbon emissions quota to limit global warming to 1.5°C could run…
Editorial Team•20 June 2025
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,…
Editorial Team•5 November 2024
Pollution
Whales mistake plastic waste for squid and unintentionally poison themselves
Hunting using acoustic signals to navigate in the deep sea, cetaceans mistake plastic waste for their…
Editorial Team•22 October 2024
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…
Editorial Team•11 October 2024
Scientific Reports
Microplastics in corals could explain the “missing plastic problem”
Discovered by an international team, microplastics in corals remain trapped for a long time, disappearing from…
Editorial Team•2 October 2024
Pollution
Low-carbon hydrogen: how to assess emission savings?
The European Commission has launched a new public consultation on the draft delegated act that clarifies…
Editorial Team•1 October 2024
Scientific Reports
Air Conditioning: More Emissions, More Inequality
A CMCC study maps the growing inequalities driven by the increased use of air conditioning due…
Editorial Team•18 September 2024
Pollution
How to Precisely Identify Microplastics in Seawater
A new method for removing plankton from particles is facilitating the monitoring of microplastics in seawater.
Editorial Team•9 September 2024
Pollution
Data center emissions: by 2030 they will pollute as much as India
Morgan Stanley forecasts that the surge in large-scale data centers will significantly increase their emissions, reaching…
Editorial Team•5 September 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
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