Environment
Climate Change
Wildfires and Climate Change: A Growing Threat to Los Angeles
In just 48 hours, wildfires have swept through urban areas in northern and western Los Angeles, leaving devastation in their wake. Five lives lost, over 100,000 displaced,…
Editorial Team•9 January 2025
Water Management
The Water Cycle Is Out of…
Global Water Monitor 2024 Highlights the Devastating Impact of Climate Change on…
Editorial Team•8 January 2025
Water Management
Freshwater Shortage? Extract It from Air…
Revolutionary aerogel absorbs water vapor from the air and converts it into…
Editorial Team•5 January 2025
Pollution
What does it take to reduce the levels of microplastics in the…
A study published in Environmental Research Letters estimates that even cutting 20% of the world’s plastic…
28 May 2024
Environment
Thwaites glacier “breath” anticipates its irreversible melting
One study contests the models used so far to assess the progressive melting of the most…
22 May 2024
Scientific Reports
World Biodiversity Day 2024 celebrated today
UN agencies and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) put at the heart of the World…
22 May 2024
Environment
2000 years of tree rings confirm global warming records of 2023
One study analysed tree growth rings at 15 sites in the northern hemisphere, reconstructing the temperatures…
18 May 2024
Water Management
More efficient atmospheric water collection with interwoven hydrogels
The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Max Planck Institute have developed a promising atmospheric water…
17 May 2024
Tech innovations and Startups
Clean hydrogen supply, over 16 million t/a by 2030
The BNEF analysis predicts that by the end of the decade the United States will become…
16 May 2024
Scientific Reports
There is an unprecedented amount of plastic pollution in the oceans
CleanHub’s study puts all the numbers of plastic pollution in the oceans on the streets, drawing…
15 May 2024
Water Management
Marine protected area, 1 in 4 is ghost
A study published in Conservation Letters analyzes the 100 largest marine protected areas in the world,…
13 May 2024
Waste
Swarms of minirobots apply to recover microplastics in water
The problem of microplastics in water could be reduced by using nanoscale robots capable of attracting…
11 May 2024
Pollution
The CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has never increased so much as…
Hawaii’s Maunakea Observatory reported record increases in January, February and March. March’s growth over the same…
10 May 2024
Scientific Reports
CO2 removal technologies, we need to double capacity by 2050
A study published in Nature Climate Change calculates the CO2 sequestration capacity gap in the mid-century…
6 May 2024
Scientific Reports
Climate change and workers’ health, which categories are most at risk?
Workers' health is at serious risk because of the effects of climate change. This is what…