Author: Kirsi Seppänen
Clear Window Coating Could Cool Buildings Without Using Energy
As climate change intensifies summer heat, demand is growing for technologies to cool buildings. Now, researchers report in ACS Energy Letters that they have…
Water fleas as ‘canaries in a coal mine’ offer key to managing chemical pollution
Water fleas, or Daphnia, could provide an important ’early warning system’ for chemical pollution in our lakes and rivers. In addition, where prevention to…
Turning Plastic Waste Into Printing Material
A method to convert a commonly thrown-away plastic to a resin used in 3D-printing could allow for making better use of plastic waste. A…
Bangladesh: Nearly 150,000 workers at 200+ tea plantations strike for pay rise
Nearly 150,000 workers at more than 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations went on strike Saturday to demand a 150 percent rise to their dollar-a-day wages,…
UAE: New resolution requires employers to set up measures to protect employees’ gratuity payments, travels to home country & repatriation in case of death
A new resolution has been passed regarding bank guarantees and employees’ protection insurance scheme for the private sector, by the UAE Ministry of Human…
Brazil: Indigenous Rights Under Serious Threat
The Brazilian government has adopted policies that seriously threaten the rights of Indigenous peoples, Human Rights Watch said today, the International Day of the…
Uber exploited violence against drivers, broke law & used investor money to ‘seduce’ drivers in its global expansion, alleges report; incl. co comment
The cache of files, which span 2013 to 2017, includes more than 83,000 emails, iMessages and WhatsApp messages, allegedly shows how the tech giant…
Scientists Can Predict Transfer of Carbon — Including Pollution From Cars — In the Ocean
A USC-led team of international scientists has found that the speed of carbon transfer in the ocean is influenced by the size and type…
Wild Sounds: The Loss of Sonic Diversity and Why It Matters
From birdsong in the rainforest to whale calls in the oceans, the world is losing the variety of sounds that enriches life. Habitat loss,…
’Waste web’ tracks movement of hazardous waste around the globe
] A small team of researchers at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems in Spain has created what they describe as a ”worldwide…
North America’s Largest Wind Project Now Operational
Invenergy, a developer, owner and operator of sustainable energy solutions, and GE Renewable Energy have announced commercial operations for the 998-megawatt Traverse Wind Energy…
New research report says systemic change in food packaging recycling only possible through public-private partnerships to drive innovation
A new report from Finland’s Technical Research Center (VTT), “Recycling Food Packaging”, highlights those technology solutions expected to become commercially available in the next…
New techniques to give second life to packaging, textile, tyre and mattress waste
According to estimates by the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA), up to four million tonnes of end-of-life tyres are generated each year…
Study highlights vital role of aluminium cans in circular economy
The study shows that compared with aluminium cans, more glass and plastic bottles end up in landfills because they are not collected. In addition,…
2022 North Atlantic right whale protection measures
The Government of Canada recognizes that protecting and sustaining aquatic species at risk is critically important to ecosystem health and thriving fisheries. To that…
Social Nature of Ants Provides Protection From Climate Change
A new study by University of Liverpool has provided new insight into the impact of climate change on ant populations. Ants are one of…
Greenland Ice Sheet May Halve in Volume By Year 3000
One of the many effects of global warming is sea-level rise, to which the melting and retreat of the Earth’s ice sheets and glaciers…
Sea ice that slowed the flow of Antarctic glaciers abruptly shatters in three days
In just three days in late January, a mass of ice the size of Philadelphia fragmented from the Larsen-B embayment on the Antarctic Peninsula…
Study suggests pyrolysis solution for face masks
A team of researchers says it has demonstrated that discarded surgical masks can be converted into value-added chemicals through a pyrolysis thermal decomposition process….
Six key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis, study finds
Research shows that governments and individuals making small changes can have a huge impact in reducing emissions. People in well-off countries can help avert…
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