Environment

Rinnovabili • China Approves the World's Largest Hydroelectric Dam
Water Management
China Approves World’s Largest Hydroelectric Dam: A Game-Changer with Major Risks

With an estimated output of 300 TWh annually, China's ambitious hydroelectric project on the Yarlung Zangbo River sparks both awe and concern.

Rinnovabili • Wildfires and Climate Change: A Growing Threat to Los Angeles
Climate Change
Wildfires and Climate Change: A Growing…

In just 48 hours, wildfires have swept through urban areas in northern…

Rinnovabili • Climate Change in 2024: 550 Billion in Water Disaster Damages
Water Management
The Water Cycle Is Out of…

Global Water Monitor 2024 Highlights the Devastating Impact of Climate Change on…


Rinnovabili • remove micro-pollutants from water
Water Management
Zwitterion hydrogels to remove micro-pollutants from water

They work better than activated carbon and recycle endlessly. MIT tested the technology to remove micro-pollutants…

Rinnovabili • PFAS contamination
Pollution
PFAS contamination strikes us even before we are born

For the first time, a study monitors the metabolism of foetuses and the accumulation of PFAS…

Rinnovabili • Bluenzyme
Environment
Synthetic bio-fixation of CO2, a new milestone

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a synthetic pathway that can capture CO2 from…

Rinnovabili • Ecosystem services
Environment
Ecosystem services: the climate crisis will reduce them by 9.2% by 2100

Calculating only the changes in the benefits provided by terrestrial ecosystems due to climate change, a…

Rinnovabili • coal records in 2023
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…

Rinnovabili • Carbon storage
Environment
Carbon storage in the oceans, +20% thanks to “sea snow”

A French CNR study published in Nature recalculates the role of plankton in transporting carbon from…

Rinnovabili • Global Coal Demand
Scientific Reports
Global Coal Demand Record 2023

The IEA expects that this year we will reach the peak in world coal consumption. While…

Rinnovabili • global warming
Environment
All global warming records in the Arctic in 2023

Summer 2023 (July-September) has been the hottest since 1900, while all other seasons have grazed record…

Rinnovabili • deep-sea mining
Environment
Norway takes a decisive step toward deep-sea mining in the Arctic

A parliamentary agreement on deep-sea mining could lead to the opening of the first offshore mine…

Rinnovabili • Nature-negative finance flows
Scientific Reports
Nature-negative finance flows: worth 7% of global GDP

According to the UN Environmental Protection Agency, finance that directly damages forests, wetlands and other ecosystems…

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Scientific Reports
No G20 country is in line with Paris Agreement commitments

Governments far removed from consistency with the Paris Accord. Climate Action Tracker analysis shows inconsistency of…

Rinnovabili • tipping points
Environment
Alarm for 5 Global tipping points: they will be activated before the…

The study conducted by 200 scientists coordinated by the University of Exeter warns that tipping points…