Some 460 million metric tons of…
Category: 9. Environment
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Nanoplastics generated from real-world plastic waste readily adsorb heavy metal ions, study reveals
Nanoplastics can adsorb environmental contaminants like toxic heavy metals. Credit: 5Gyres, Oregon State University
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The co-evolution and driving mechanism analysis of ecosystem services value and tourism economic resilience from 286 cities in China
Evaluation of ESV and TER
Assessment of ESV
Between 2012 and 2022, the ESV in China demonstrated an overall declining trend with fluctuations (Table 4). The total ESV decreased from 11,113.72 billion yuan in 2012 to 10,800.99 billion yuan in…
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Hawaiʻi’s bone collector caterpillar wears spider’s victims to survive
Researchers in Hawaiʻi have described an unusual species of carnivorous caterpillar that scavenges in spiderwebs while wearing cast-off bits of the spider’s prey.
Nicknamed the…
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Hawaiʻi’s bone collector caterpillar wears its victims to survive
Researchers in Hawaiʻi have described an unusual species of carnivorous caterpillar that scavenges in spiderwebs while wearing cast-off bits of the spider’s prey.
Nicknamed the…
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World Bank launches historic framework addressing harms from development projects
The World Bank has released the first-ever framework to address environmental and social harms caused by projects the bank financed through its private sector branches, including…
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European body proposes mass killing of cormorants to protect fish stocks
A regional fishery body is seeking to reduce cormorant numbers across Europe through “coordinated” culling, citing the aquatic birds’ reported impacts on fisheries and…
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German satellite measures CO₂ and NO₂ simultaneously from power plant emissions for the first time
Fluxes of NO2 and CO2 along the downwind plumes for all investigated power plants, along with corresponding NO2/CO2 ratios. Credit: Environmental Research Letters (2025). DOI:… Continue Reading
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At the U.N., mining groups tout protections for Indigenous peoples
- At the U.N., international mining organizations committed to consulting with Indigenous people.
- The reality on the ground looks different in the U.S., say Indigenous activists. Projects like Oak Flat in Arizona are…
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There’s something fishy about ‘blue economy’ proposals for sustainable marine management (commentary)
- Proposals for developing a “blue economy” emerged in the 2010s as a vision for sustainable ocean development, as communities across the world grappled with challenges of declining ocean health, economic crises…
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Report urges stricter mining standards to manage climate and social impacts
- A new report from the Mining Observatory finds that key mining states in Brazil are highly exposed to climate risks, water insecurity and environmental degradation.
- Mining for transition minerals can in some cases…
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