28.03.202527.03.2025 Losing forest carbon stocks could put climate goals out of reach In the past, intact forests absorbed 7.8 billion tonnes of CO₂ annually – about a fifth [...]
20.03.202520.03.2025 Hunger skyrockets by nearly 80 percent in Eastern and Southern Africa over past five years amidst worsening water crisis Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access [...]
18.03.202518.03.2025 The oceans remove microplastics from the air Contrary to previous claims, the ocean absorbs more microplastics from the atmosphere than it releases into [...]
13.03.202512.03.2025 Pesticides have greater impacts on animals, plants, and microorganisms than previously thought Pesticides are used primarily in agriculture to control pests. However, they can also harm many beneficial [...]
06.03.202505.03.2025 How clean is my region? Which EU capital cities are the cleanest? Find out through the new Zero Pollution Dashboard. According to the EU Zero Pollution Dashboard published [...]
05.03.202505.03.2025 2025 State of the Rockies Poll: Conserve, Don’t Drill! Conservation in the West Poll shows voters in eight Mountain West states overwhelmingly support land conservation [...]
04.03.202504.03.2025 More action needed to reduce methane emissions More action is needed to control and reduce methane emissions across Europe and globally, according to [...]
28.02.202528.02.2025 Environmental Impact of Unexploded Ordnance in the Baltic Sea The south-western Baltic Sea has about 3,000 kilograms of dissolved toxic chemicals released from unexploded ordnance, [...]
27.02.202527.02.2025 Can artificial intelligence save the Great Barrier Reef? Australian researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world’s coral reefs [...]
21.02.2025 Melting Glaciers Increase Loss of Freshwater Resources and Rise Global Sea Levels The melting ice from glaciers worldwide is leading to an increased loss of regional freshwater resources. [...]
14.02.202515.02.2025 Solutions journalism can spur climate action, UO study finds By showing readers both the threats and ways to mitigate them, people are more willing to [...]
13.02.202513.02.2025 Climate Risk Index 2025 The Climate Risk Index (CRI) ranks countries by the human and economic toll of extreme weather. [...]
13.02.202512.02.2025 Little potential for “climate plantations” within planetary boundaries Planting fast-growing crops, burning them, capturing the released CO₂ and storing it: this is being discussed [...]
08.02.202507.02.2025 PFAS: how to better clean soil from ‘forever chemicals’ Soil contaminated with harmful perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is difficult to clean, a complete [...]
01.02.202531.01.2025 Climate Change Increases Risk of Successive Natural Hazards in the Himalayas An international research team has concluded that the Sikkim flood disaster in the Himalayas in October [...]
27.01.2025 Groundwater threatened by droughts and heavy rainfalls New study on the impact of climate extremes on (future) water security. Extreme climate events endanger [...]