Environment
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Climate disasters, floods dominated 2021
Compared to the previous year, in 2021 the damage caused by extreme climatic disasters grew by 33%, while the average…
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Bitcoin in the crosshairs: campaign starts to reduce the energy consumption of virtual coins
Bitcoin takes 11 times more energy than rival Ethereum for every single transaction. The reason? Two different protocols to validate…
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All ready for the national radioactive waste storage, Sogin publishes CNAI by March
Italy is under EU infringement for delays on national radioactive waste storage (Sustainabilityenvironment.com) – Closer and closer the final choice…
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Microplastics found in human blood for the first time
The Immunoplast research project demonstrated that plastic pollution has now also made its way into the human circulatory system
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Solar-powered desalination MIT system costs only 4 dollars
Created a new high efficiency passive solar-powered desalination system based on economical materials
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World Water Day 2022, the most valuable water hides
For 30 years, the United Nations celebrating this anniversary with events across the globe to raise awareness among governments and…
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Plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables: stop from France and Spain
From 1 January 2022, the obligation for France to sell fresh fruit and vegetables without plastic packaging comes into force.…
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Water cycle: changing at double speed due to global warming
A study published in the journal Nature calculates that the movement of water from the warmer regions to the colder…
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Environmental impact: the demand for finance to 10 thousand companies
680 financial institutions have asked the boards of 10,400 companies, to make known through CDP their data on climate change,…
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Historic agreement for the World Plastic Pollution Treaty
The United Nations Environment Assembly passes the first resolution to end global plastic pollution, a key step towards reaching a…
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