Scientists on a Greenpeace expedition to Antarctica found that the penguins' numbers were falling, with one colony decreasing by 77 percent in nearly 50 years.
“Such significant declines suggest that the Southern Ocean's
ecosystem is fundamentally changed from 50 years...
Over 1,300 tons of plastic waste were illegally shipped from Italy to Malaysian companies and this only in the first nine months of 2019: this was what the Greenpeace Investigation Unit discovered in the investigation conducted between Italy and...
"If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live" a prediction, never scientifically confirmed and attributed to Albert Einstein which, however, turns the spotlight on the very important role...
From Ljubljana to Quito, from Paris to Yerevan and then New York, San Francisco and Toronto, but also Milan, Turin and Mantua. These are metropolises and small towns chosen by the FAO and the Arbor Day Foundation as part...
Making innovative fabrics using the microplastics present in the Antarctic ice: this is the final aim of the Antartic Expeditions 2020 promoted by the Biella Section of the Italian Alpine Club, by the central CAI, by the National Research...
Municipal fruit trees where everyone can harvest blueberries, blackberries and apples for free. The idea is being developed in Copenhagen, where the local administration aims to plant fruit trees and bushes that provide edible berries throughout the city. The...
China will ban disposable plastic. The transition will take place gradually and will affect some products before others, big cities before small towns. The announcement was made by the National Commission for Development and Reforms and the Ministry of...
The European Commission has announced an ambition to
generate €1 trillion to finance its European Green Deal.
The commission threw down the gauntlet to EU member states
and the European Parliament yesterday by emphasizing the urgency of pushing
through the climate change funding...
94% of Italians say they want to stop using plastic bottles and 66% have already done so. Italy is in first place in Europe for sensitivity towards sustainability issues, together with Spain, Portugal and Malta. Equally high is the...
University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a tipping point for deforestation that leads to rapid forest loss. Geography professor Tomasz Stepinski used high-resolution satellite images from the European Space Agency to study landscapes in 9-kilometer-wide blocks across every...
