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Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution: The Meeting is Set for 2025
In Busan, South Korea, the latest round of negotiations decided to go into "extra time." The treaty was initially set to be finalized this year, but delegations…
Editorial Team•3 December 2024
Pollution
The “Plastic COP” is about to…
On Sunday, December 1st, the INC-5, the 5th and final round of…
Editorial Team•29 November 2024
Pollution
Here is the biodegradable supramolecular plastic…
Japanese researchers have developed a new durable plastic that will not pollute…
Editorial Team•28 November 2024
Pollution
First underwater robot cleaner in the shape of a jellyfish
At the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart they developed an underwater cleaner robot inspired by jellyfish…
9 May 2023
Pollution
Health effects of air pollution: if the heart is at risk
A new research has studied the data of 2,025 hospitals in 322 Chinese cities discovering the…
3 May 2023
Pollution
Microplastics compromise the structure of DNA
Enea and CNR test the genotoxic effect of microplastics on plants and animals. The result is…
24 April 2023
Pollution
Stop new plastic pollution from 2040, the promise of the G7
The Environment Ministers meeting in Japan signed a commitment not to produce new plastic pollution in…
18 April 2023
Pollution
Phantom emissions from the Gulf of Mexico: oil & gas pollutes 2…
A study conducted by the University of Michigan compares national inventory data with data collected by…
6 April 2023
Pollution
From leukemia to premature births, the 1st systematic study on the impact…
The production of ever-increasing volumes of plastic is the number one problem. Between 1950 and 2019…
29 March 2023
Pollution
Elon Musk, the light pollution of satellites and the future of astronomy
In a series of speeches on Nature Astronomy, dozens of astronomers denounce the impact of the…
21 March 2023
Pollution
Record in February, deforestation in the Amazon rainforest marks +61.8%
The data of the DETER satellite monitoring system, managed by the National Institute for Space Research…
14 March 2023
Pollution
Let’s tackle space pollution before it’s too late
There are 7,000 satellites in orbit, rising to 60,000 in 2030. And billions of debris and…
10 March 2023
Pollution
Methane leaks, who are the biggest polluters of 2022?
US, Russia and Turkmenistan are responsible for the largest number of methane leaks from fossil fuel…
8 March 2023
Tech innovations and Startups
Eight robot bees to save an entire ecosystem, Durham’s bet
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and micro-robotics. These are the ingredients of RoboRoyale, the EU-funded project that…
28 February 2023
Pollution
Methane emissions: 135 million tonnes for the energy industry
The commitment of the fossil industry is lame but the IEA shows how the oil and…