Environment
Pollution
Pollution
Artificial sweeteners in wastewater raise health and environmental concerns
Artificial sweeteners are increasingly found in wastewater worldwide. A new global review highlights their persistence, limited removal, and potential harm.
Isabella Ceccarini•21 August 2025
Pollution
China’s mega dam sparks water security…
Beijing has launched construction on a long-awaited mega dam in Tibet. But…
Erminia Voccia•5 August 2025
Pollution
Earth Overshoot Day 2025: humanity consumes…
On July 24, the world hits Earth Overshoot Day 2025. From now…
Erminia Voccia•24 July 2025
Pollution
All coal records in 2023: the bittersweet year of the most polluting…
China continues to build new power plants: 70% of the world’s pipeline depends on Beijing. The…
29 December 2023
Pollution
A startup in Turin will construct a 1 certain Italian plant for…
CarpeCarbon has been awarded a loan of more than 1.7 million euros from Tech4Planet, 360 Capital…
27 November 2023
Pollution
In the world, we have a problem of pollution by dye-containing wastewater
Every year 70 billion wastewater generated by the textile sector alone causes worrying dye-containing wastewater pollution
30 October 2023
Pollution
Deep sea mining, 100 NGOs call for a global moratorium on submarine…
The next week the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the agency UN that regulates the aspects legacies…
26 October 2023
Pollution
Microplastics in clouds affect climate change
They facilitate the rapid formation of clouds and degrade more quickly due to increased exposure to…
29 September 2023
Pollution
Found microplastics in the heart of patients after surgery
Following surgery, microplastics may remain in the heart of patients and surrounding tissues
28 August 2023
Pollution
Blocks of plastiglomerate threaten the tropical coast
In Indonesia plastic waste is burned directly on the beach, creating artificial rocks - plastiglomerate -…
21 August 2023
Pollution
PFAS contaminated water: 45% of taps in the USA
New USGS study on PFAS contaminated water - From almost half (45%) of American taps comes…
7 July 2023
Pollution
The IAEA ensures that the release of Fukushima contaminated water into the…
The final report of the two-year monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency promotes Japan across…
4 July 2023
Pollution
Halving ships emissions 7 years is possible and convenient
A study of CE Delft published today calculates that reductions of 28-47% of the emissions of…
4 July 2023
Pollution
Wildfire in Canada: record emissions in less than 6 months
From January to June the emissions of fires in Canada reached 160 MtCO2eq. In a year,…
29 June 2023
Pollution
Renewable boom does not reduce global greenhouse gas emissions
The photo of the Energy Institute on global energy consumption 2022 shows how the significant increase…
26 June 2023
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