Environmental Protection
Belgium plans to increase its power emissions
The “Energiewende” of Germany has been going on and doing rather badly for two decades now. They wanted to decrease emissions but started the project by deciding to close most of their low carbon energy production, namely their fleet of
Study in Denmark links PFBA chemicals with severe COVID
Researchers think they've found a link between patients experiencing severe COVID-19 and their exposure to PFBA.
Ice melt on Greenland could soon reach a point of no return
Greenland, a realm of ice and snow, could be living up to its name by turning truly green. And that's bad news.
Habitat loss is driving human-elephant conflicts in Thailand
Elephants feature prominently in religious and national iconography in Thailand, but the jumbos have fallen on hard times.
The cost of protecting forests globally could rise
"The global forestry sector can provide a really substantial chunk of the mitigation needed to hit global climate targets."
New wheat cultivars could feed more people more sustainably
Wheat and barley are staple food crops whose production needs to increase dramatically to meet future food demands.