Found Nemo, Dory with DNA in the seas; Experts prescribe way ahead for new ocean science
The Rockefeller University, Program for the Human Environment, New York Organizers of 1st National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA call for […]
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Life in deep Earth totals 15 to 23 billion tonnes of carbon — hundreds of times more than humans
Deep Carbon Observatory Washington DC Deep Carbon Observatory collaborators, exploring the ‘Galapagos of the deep,’ add to what’s known, unknown,
Global forests expanding: Reflects wellbeing, not rising CO2, experts say
University of Helsinki, Finland Study finds virtually no correlation between higher levels of atmospheric CO2 and nations’ forest expansion/decline; difference
World added far more solar than fossil fuel power generating capacity in 2017
UN Environment, Paris / Nairobi China leads with more than half of world’s new solar capacity; global solar investment jumps
Worsening worldwide land degradation now ‘critical,’ undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people
IPBES, Bonn 26 March, 2018 Main cause of species loss; driver of the migration of millions of people by 2050
New EU ‘urban mining’ tools map valuable resources in e-waste, scrap vehicles, mine waste
Project ProSUM, Brussels Standardized, consolidated data helps to identify recovery potential of secondary raw materials worth € billions wasted annually
World e-waste rises 8 percent by weight in 2 years as incomes rise, prices fall: UN
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY, Bonn / INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, Geneva / INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION, Vienna E-waste per capita rises 5
Big data points humanity to new minerals, new deposits
Carnegie Science / Deep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC The private lives of minerals: Understanding how and where minerals hook up
Ontario town’s 10-year, $2.7 million effort to save endangered turtles offers global lessons, template
Long Point Causeway Improvement Project, Long Point, Canada 89 percent fewer turtles venture onto Lake Erie’s Long Point Causeway A newly
Scientists track fish migration using DNA in water samples
Rockefeller University, Program for the Human Environment, NY Naked DNA in water tells if fish have arrived Scientists demonstrate harmless,
UN-backed report: Record new renewable power capacity added worldwide at lower cost
UN Environment, Paris / Nairobi Global investment of $241.6 billion (excluding large hydro), 23 percent less than 2015, brought 138.5GW
Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
Nat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Five hundred vents newly discovered off the US West Coast, each
Heatwaves, typhoons, floods, landslides: Researchers detail rising health risks of disasters
UNU Int’l Institute Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 18 July 2016 Assembled by UNU-IIGH, six papers underline the value of applying science, technology
Galapagos: Wind turbines replace millions of liters of diesel since 2007, meet 30% of energy needs
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal World’s top utilities hand over project keys, chart path for Ecuador’s famously biodiverse archipelago to
Canadian innovation for killing mosquito eggs could help Zika fight
Grand Challenges Canada (#1 most viewed release (415,000+ page views) of 29,500 news releases hosted by the American Association for the
Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set
UN Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 24 Mar 2016 For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent
Pollinators Vital to Our Food Supply Under Threat
IPBES, Bonn / Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia 26 Feb 2016 Assessment Details Options
For a special Valentine? Beyond diamonds and gems: The world’s rarest minerals
American Mineralogist 12 Feb 2016 What do 2,500+ obscure, isolated mineral species reveal about Earth? Scientists have inventoried and categorized
Powerful new global arena needed to confront coming water challenges, elite UN board warns
UN S-G’s Advisory Board, Water & Sanitation 18 Nov 2015 Blunt valedictory report from Secretary-General’s water and sanitation advisory board suggests routes
Vast energy value in human waste
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health — Hamilton, Canada 3 Nov 2015 Safe, systematic collection of
To reach CO2, energy goals, blend technologies with stable policies: World electricity firms
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal 11 October, 2015 Decarbonizing electricity: After 2 years of international consultations, world’s leading utilities
World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature’s benefits each year due to land degradation
UN University – INWEH, Hamilton, Canada 15-SEP-2015 To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world,