Scientists from the University of Southampton made a forecast that over the next 100 years smaller birds and mammals will dominate worldwide.
Climate change forces plankton to move
A recent study shows that climate change has upset the distribution of the smallest sea creatures across the globe. The researchers indicate that this shift could affect nearly all of marine life.
Canada and Philippines resolved their ecological diplomatic scandal
Canada is going to take back tonnes of waste shipped to the Philippines, what caused a diplomatic scandal.
Hurricane Hannah in Wales lifted the prehistoric forest from the sea
The prehistoric forest, which remained buried under sand and water for 4,5 thousand years, suddenly appeared after a storm in Wales.
Merkel wants to make Germany carbon-free by 2050
On Tuesday this week Angela Merkel announced she would consult her new government on how to attain carbon neutrality by 2050.
IAEA Wraps Up International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology
Lasers, atom traps, krypton. These exciting, isotope hydrology techniques were discussed, together with the importance of big data, during the IAEA’s International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology that took place in Vienna this week. Almost 250 international experts from 78 countries exchanged ideas and knowledge on this wide-reaching application of nuclear technology.
Steps to Sustainable Cancer Treatment
Senior representatives from four African IAEA Member States – Chad, Eswatini, Liberia and Sierra Leone – came to Vienna last week to develop planning and funding proposals for the establishment of the first radiotherapy facilities in their countries. The meeting was hosted by the IAEA as part of a phased approach to increase cancer services in low and middle income countries.
Notre-Dame is proposed to become eco-friendly
Since the devastating tragedy in April this year, there are a lot of ideas from all over the world how best to restore the ancient cathedral.
European Council adopted single-use plastic ban
On Tuesday 21 May the Council of the European Union adopted a directive proposed by the European Commission to ban 10 single-use plastic products (SUP) in order to solve the problem of marine litter.
How deep the world ocean is polluted
Well-known fact that three quarters of the world’s population live in the coastal zone, but not everyone has a notion how deep the oceans suffer from the effects of human activity and large-scale pollution. The tide zone disappears due to the factories construction, port facilities, tourist complexes. The water area is constantly polluted by household and industrial wastewater, pesticides, hydrocarbons. Heavy metals are found in the body of deep-sea (3 km) fish and arctic penguins. Every year about 10 billion tons of waste are brought into the ocean by rivers, sources are silted, the seas dry up, the oceans are blooming. These every environmental problem requires a solution.