EU Commissioner Potočnik: “EU Air Policy can go hand in hand with growth and jobs”
Ahead of the Green Week, taking place from 4 to 7 June, Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik met leading environment journalist Sonja van Renssen to talk about EU air quality ...
New study shows predators affect the carbon cycle
Credit: Constantine Alexander A new study shows that the predator-prey relationship can affect the flow of carbon through an ecosystem. This previously unmeasured influence on the environment ...
Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments
Current pesticide risk assessment falls short of protecting biodiversity Common Bluetail (Ischnura senegalensis). Photo: André Künzelmann/UFZ (Place: Banaue/Phillippines) The pesticides, ...
Submarine springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification
Calcifying corals can grow under low pH conditions, although their carbonate skeletons are not dense and are more vulnerable to physical erosion. (Photo courtesy of A. Paytan) Ocean ...
Study identifies travel choices for a smaller carbon footprint
Planes, trains, or automobiles: what's the most climate-friendly way to travel? A new study by researchers from IIASA and CICERO brings better estimates of how much personal travel ...
EU LIFE+ project produces new river restoration guide
The LIFE+ Information and Communication project RESTORE has published a new guide to river restoration called Rivers by Design. The guide is aimed at planners, developers, architects ...
UCLA climate study predicts dramatic loss in Southern California snowfall
By midcentury, snowfall on Los Angeles–area mountains will be 30 to 40 percent less than it was at the end of the 20th century, according to a UCLA study released today and led by ...
Study of oceans’ past raises worries about their future
Data from end of the last ice age illuminate the precarious nature of global ocean chemistry The ocean the Titanic sailed through just over 100 years ago was very different from the ...
From Botswanan big cats to Surrey house cats
Scientists who designed GPS tracking collars to study hunting cheetahs in Botswana have miniaturised them to track 50 domestic cats in a Surrey village for a BBC programme. The BBC ...
A bird’s eye view of fishery discard reforms
Reforms to reduce discards of over-quota fish catches are generally predicted to have positive effects on marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Although concerns have been raised over ...
Risk map shows European ‘hot spots’ for pharmaceuticals in the environment
Summed aquatic risk quotients (predicted surface water concentrations ÷ HC50) due to exposure to (A) antibiotics and (B) antineoplastics. The grids with the highest summed risk quotients ...
Risk map shows European ‘hot spots’ for pharmaceuticals in the environment
Summed aquatic risk quotients (predicted surface water concentrations ÷ HC50) due to exposure to (A) antibiotics and (B) antineoplastics. The grids with the highest summed risk quotients ...
LIFE project removes over 30 poison threats from Italian National Park
The introduction of anti-poisoning dog units on the Italian territory by the LIFE Nature project ANTIDOTO is giving excellent results. The project, coordinated by the Gran Sasso and ...
Warm ocean drives most Antarctic ice shelf loss
Findings are a game changer for future forecasts about thawing continent Aerial photo of front of Venable Ice Shelf, West Antarctica, an example of a small ice shelf that is a large ...
Study shows how diving mammals evolved underwater endurance
Photo credit: J. Burns Scientists at the University of Liverpool have shed new light on how diving mammals, such as the sperm whale, have evolved to survive for long periods underwater ...
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