He climate change will increase inequalities between the regions of the European Union and will especially affect those of the Mediterranean, the coasts and the East, according to a report from the European Comission published this Wednesday. The ninth Brussels Cohesion Report reviews the progress made to reduce gaps both between regions and between EU […]
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Baltÿa, the giant Galapagos tortoise named by the EU
Baltÿa is the name that a giant tortoise received this Thursday. Galapagos barely a year old, baptized and sponsored by the commissioner of EnvironmentOceans and Fisheries European Union (EU)the Lithuanian Virginijus Sinkevicius. As part of his tour of South America, which included visits to Paraguay, Bolivia and Ecuador, Sinkevicius arrived this Thursday at the Ecuadorian […]
UN warns of strong growth of electronic waste in the world
A report from the Institute of Studies of the UN based in Bonn (west of Germany) warns of strong growth in the generation of electronic trash around the world with serious implications for the global south. According to the report, 53.6 billion tons of electronic waste were produced in 2019 – 7.3 kilograms per capita […]
Coral plantation manages to recover a reef in just four years
Planting new corals on degraded reefs can achieve rapid recovery of these ecosystems: A study has proven that restored corals grow as fast as healthy ones and perform the same functions just four years after being placed. This has been demonstrated by an experiment carried out on the southern reef of Sulawesi (Indonesia) reported this […]
Boat designed to hunt seals, now seeks to protect marine fauna
The Arctic Sunrise, one of the environmental organization’s ships Greenpeacewhich first came to Ecuador for a scientific mission in the Galapagos Islands, left behind its dark past as a ship designed for hunt of seals in the 70s and now sails in a tireless campaign to protect the oceans and all their biodiversity. With half […]
Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit new record in 2023
The global emissions of carbon dioxide Energy-related investments increased by 1.1% in 2023 to reach a new record, especially due to the fall in hydroelectric production due to droughts, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. These emissions, which represent around 90% of those caused by man, increased by 410 million tons and reached […]
The volume of waste in the world will continue to grow, warns the UN
The volume of waste in the world, which in 2023 was 2.3 billion tons, could increase by more than 60% in 2050 if urgent measures are not taken and have serious health and economic impacts, warned on Wednesday the UN. At this rate, current waste (excluding industrial and construction waste) is expected to reach 3.8 […]
Heat in the Atlantic and little ice in the Antarctic herald a warmer world
The high temperatures in the North Atlantic and record lows in the number of ice in it Antartic Ocean observed last year are much more severe than what would supposedly occur on Earth at current levels of warming. They are more like what happens with double the current warming, according to a new study. The […]
Half a thousand rhinos killed in South Africa due to poaching
Poachers killed nearly 500 last year rhinos in South Africa11% more than in 2022, despite the government’s efforts to protect a species threatened by the supposed therapeutic or aphrodisiac properties of its horns. South Africa is home to a 80% of the world’s rhino population, but there are many poachers who seek to get rich […]
More than 3,000 fires in the Brazilian Amazon, a historical record in February
The Brazilian Amazon had a record of 3,158 fires last February, a number that almost doubles the worst records for this month, which are the 1,761 fires that occurred in 2007, according to official data released this Friday. The data is surprising because it occurs in the middle of the rainy season and contrasts with […]