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New EU-Funded Forest Flux Project Estimates Forest Carbon Storage and Assimilation

The EU-funded Forest Flux project, which commenced in 2018, is coordinated by VTT. The project sets up commercial services for estimating forest carbon storage and absorption.

24 Jan 2019

Ocean and Wind Changes Cause antarctic Sea Ice Drop to Record Low

Warmer ocean temperatures, combined with unusual wind patterns, contributed to the record decline of sea ice levels in Antarctica, according to new research published in the prestigious international science journal Nature Communications.

23 Jan 2019

Study: Can Artificial Photosynthesis Limit Global Warming?

CO2 emissions have to be reduced as soon as possible. If not, CO2 will have to be removed from the atmosphere in the future to lower global warming. Planting new forests and biomass, as well as new technologies for artificial photosynthesis, could be contributing factors to this.

17 Jan 2019

EU Gets Closer to Circular Plastics Economy with New Rules to Reduce Marine Litter

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a provisional political agreement on the ambitious new measures proposed by the Commission to tackle marine litter at its source, targeting the 10 plastic products most often found on our beaches as well as abandoned fishing gear.

15 Jan 2019

Sunscreen and Cosmetics Compound May Harm Coral by Altering Fatty Acids

Although sunscreen is critical for preventing sunburns and skin cancer, some of its ingredients are not so beneficial to ocean-dwelling creatures. In particular, sunscreen chemicals shed by swimmers are thought to contribute to coral reef decline.

10 Jan 2019

New Study to Establish a Roadmap for Responsible Exploration of Solar Geoengineering

According to researchers, it is probably not going to be enough for the Earth to escape catastrophic damage from climate change by just reducing the emissions of greenhouse gas.

9 Jan 2019

New Refreshing, Photo-Catalytic Pigments Decrease Building Temperature and Pollution

The Environmental Inorganic Chemistry and Ceramic Materials team at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Castellón, Spain, has created a research project to evaluate, transfer, and leverage refreshing and photo-catalytic pigments (cool pigments) with a Scheelite base.

8 Jan 2019