Nanoplastics Amplify Toxicity of Tire Chemicals in Water
Kaleigh Harrison For years, micro- and nanoplastics have been viewed as more of an aesthetic and environmental nuisance…
When it comes to discarding used batteries, there’s a right way and a dangerous way – The Irish Times
When your telly remote control claps out, what do you do with the old batteries? What about the…
Reviewing the evidence on precision agriculture and environmental sustainability
FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, W. E. P. & WHO. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World…
Northside residents protest removal of 22 trees to make way for cycle lane
Protests over the removal of trees and parking spaces for the €7m Knockpogue Ave and Knockfree Ave active…
Scotland protects more than a third of its seas. Why is trawling still allowed?
Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of Skye, checking each one…
Mexico Opens Public Consultation to Strengthen Food Labeling
Members of the Alliance for Food Health announced the opening of a public consultation on proposed changes to…
World’s fastest solar evaporator makes 1 gallon of fresh water an hour
Scientists at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea have developed the world’s fastest…
Global water security threatened by rising inequality
He, C. et al. Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions. Nat. Commun. 12, 4667 (2021). Article …
Low-Cost Carbon Capture with Just Water and Pressure
Kaleigh Harrison A new method known as Pressure Induced Carbon Capture (PICC) is offering a low-tech twist on…
European Commission urges heavy industry to back ‘Made in Europe’ manufacturing – leak
The European Commission is seeking support from heavy industry representatives, like the steel or aluminium sectors, to back…
We must completely change the way we build homes to stay below 2°C
The Sawa residential building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, is made from wood Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock Cities must reduce greenhouse…
Projected human land-use pressures and natural habitat conversion risk within global terrestrial protected areas
Protected Planet Report 2020 (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, 2021). Pringle, R. M. Upgrading protected areas to conserve wild biodiversity.…