Global e-waste surging, up 21% in 5 years: UN
UN University, Bonn / International Telecommunications Union, Geneva A record 53.6 million tons (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in
Biology in art: Genetic detectives ID microbes slowly ruining humanity’s treasures
Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project, New York DNA science may help restore, preserve historic works, unmask counterfeits; The trait elite
Falling clean energy costs an opportunity to boost climate action during COVID-19 recovery: UN
UNEP / Frankfurt School / BNEF As COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, a new report shows that renewable energy
DNA surprises surfacing in the Atlantic: Species far from their usual southern homes
The Rockefeller University Programme for the Human Environment, New York DNA scientists sampling the New Jersey shore bottle the changing ranges of
Global health innovators mobilize to help developing countries combat COVID-19
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Grand Challenges Canada innovators offer resources, ideas, affordable solutions for low-resource countries in need of pandemic
‘Digital disruption’ a game-changer for climate: Future Earth report
Future Earth: “Research. Innovation. Sustainability” Scientists, innovators turn to digital sector for transformative ‘systems change’ on climate; ‘Digital Disruptions for
Humanity’s greatest risk: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food, water crises: scientists
Future Earth, Stockholm, Sweden Survey reveals common concern of global scientists: interlinkages between crises; Part of Our Future on Earth,
Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams
UN University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada Enough energy to power all households in the USA
In the news: 30 clients’ most noted news releases of the decade
Terry Collins & Associates, Toronto, December 31, 2019 Many of the ~200 science news releases written and distributed for
Imperfect diamonds paved road to historic Deep Earth discoveries
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Materials trapped inside diamonds offer clues to life’s origin; suggest oceans’ worth of
Reducing, reusing Europe’s 2.5 million tonnes of plastic in e-waste each year
POLYCE, Bonn, Germany Consumers asked to favor electronic products containing recycled plastics; firms to build recycled plastic into design, ease
Scientists quantify global volcanic CO2 venting; estimate total carbon on Earth
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Scientists update estimates of Earth’s immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon
Earth Commission to identify risks, guardrails, targets for the entire planet
Future Earth, Stockholm, Sweden First holistic attempt to identify scientific risks, guardrails — akin to a 2C rise for climate —
A decade of renewable energy investment, led by solar, tops US $2.5 trillion
UN Environment / Frankfurt School / Bloomberg New Energy Finance UN-backed report: Decade of investment (2010-2019) quadruples renewables capacity from
Plastics visible in 2-metre sea ice cores in the Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage Project, University of Rhode Island, Inner Space Centre Plastics visible in 2-metre sea ice cores in the Northwest
Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’
IPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Current global response insufficient; ‘transformative changes’ needed to restore and protect
Rewriting the textbook on fossil fuels: New technologies help unravel nature’s methane recipes
Deep Carbon Observatory Washington DC Not all methane originated in buried, decayed remains of ancient life; some deep hydrocarbons aren’t
UN University compares technologies that remove arsenic from groundwater
UN University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada At least 140 million people in 50 countries have
United Nations, World Economic Forum and partners unite to address e-waste
UNU / World Economic Forum, Geneva Joint report: Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution show huge potential and could lead
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