Environment
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Pollution in the Mediterranean sea: 65% are plastic waste
The results of Floating Litter, the project conducted by the Italian institute ISPRA and Mediterranea to monitor the amount of…
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Tipping Points: overcoming them can bring unexpected benefits
University of Utrecht study argues that the collapse of the West Antarctic glacial shield could stabilize AMOC, the southern overturn…
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Who steals our carbon budget for the 1.5°C?
The 25 largest oil & gas companies in the world have expansion plans that will gnaw at 90% of the…
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Increase in sea level? The biggest impact will be already before 2100
A study published in Earth’s Future is based on the measurements of NASA’s ICESat-2 lidar satellite system instead of radar.…
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Is the collapse of glaciers of Western Antarctica really inevitable?
The unstoppable melting of the most unstable part of the South Pole glacial shield would cause sea levels to rise…
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A layer of sand has hidden 8% of global warming
Airborne dust has increased 55% since the mid-1800s but is not a factor taken into account enough in climate models.…
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Mexico bans solar geoengineering after clandestine experiment in Baja California
An American startup released sulfur particles into the stratosphere to reflect solar radiation and change the climate artificially. The government…
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The eruption of Tonga volcano changed the climate. With water vapor
Little sulfur dioxide, a lot of water projected into the stratosphere: thanks to this exceptional feature compared to the large…
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60 years and not feel them: the microplastics on the seabed of the Mediterranean are eternal
A study by the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona sampled the sediments of the seabed between Barcelona and Tarragona. Polyethylene (PE),…
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Ozone hole goodbye: it will close already in 2066
The global action against gases harmful to the O3 layer that envelops the Planet and protects us from ultraviolet rays…
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