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Construction industry progress towards sustainability with renewable materials
With an increasing number of government regulations encouraging net-zero carbon future to limit global temperature rise, the construction industry is on a way to design,…
Use of black plastic in UK packaging continues to drop
Black packaging used in the UK has dropped from around 36,000 tonnes to 10,000 tonnes going into 2020, according to new figures. This continually reducing…
NSW rivers, lakes and lagoons warming twice as fast as ocean, finds 12-year study
Researchers discovered the state’s coastal rivers, lakes and lagoons were warming twice as fast as the ocean. The average temperatures in those marine ecosystems were…
Plant Diversity In European Forests Is Declining
In Europe’s temperate forests, less common plant species are being replaced by more widespread species. An international team of researchers led by the German Centre…
Oil drops more than 6% as producer cuts fail to banish demand fears
Oil prices shed more than 6% on Tuesday, with investors apparently unconvinced that record supply cuts could soon balance markets pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic,…
Forest fire around Chernobyl plant put out, Ukraine says
A huge fire that tore through forests around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant has been put out, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, after hundreds of…
China to ban thin plastic bags, plastic film
China will look to ban ultra-thin plastic bags and agricultural-use plastic mulch, as well as other types of non-biodegradable plastic products, the country’s state planning…
Coronavirus puts Arctic climate change research on ice
Coronavirus lockdowns have been touted on social media as helping to fight climate change. But in the Arctic Circle the virus is disrupting climate science….
Chinese dams held back Mekong waters during drought, study finds
China’s Mekong River dams held back large amounts of water during a damaging drought in downstream countries last year despite China having higher-than-average water levels…
Coronavirus could trigger ’largest ever annual fall in CO2’ in 2020, study suggests
But tentative analysis from Carbon Brief points out likely reduction in CO2 this year would still be far off goals of the Paris Agreement ….
Greenland ice sheet meltwater can flow in winter, too
Liquid meltwater can sometimes flow deep below the Greenland Ice Sheet in winter, not just in the summer, according to CIRES-led work published in the…
WHO sounds alarm over new Ebola case in Congo
After weeks of calm in the fight against Ebola, the WHO noted a new case in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report came as…
As Africa looks for clean power, nuclear interest grows
Faced with power shortfalls, demands for greener energy and drought threats to hydropower, a growing range of African nations are considering a shift to an…
Coronavirus: German lawmaker calls for delay to EU climate targets
The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects are expected to cause a deep recession in Europe and elsewhere. A key German politician thinks the EU’s climate targets should…
Bosnia May Seek Arbitration on Croatia Nuclear Waste Dispute
Bosnia may request international arbitration if Croatia proceeds with a plan to create a nuclear waste disposal site just across the border from Novi Grad…
Less waste, more recycling top Amsterdam’s circular city plans
Amsterdam council on Wednesday launched its strategy to make the city’s economy fully circular by 2050 and to cut the use of raw materials by…
VTT to explore biomass and waste plastic fuel oil for ship engines
As part of the Business Finland BioFlex project, the companies aim to identify the most economically and ecologically sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. The use…
Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours
A mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours has been created by scientists. The enzyme, originally discovered in a compost…
Researchers discover new method to generate nanobubbles in water
Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have discovered a new energy-efficient method to generate and release substantial volumes of metastable, nano-scale gas bubbles in water,…
Fires near Chernobyl make Kiev air most polluted in world
Fires around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant and elsewhere pushed pollution levels in Ukraine’s capital Kiev to the worst in the world on Friday, giving…
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