Articles 2020

Op IJsland is de grootste installatie ter wereld in gebruik genomen om CO₂ weer uit de atmosfeer te plukken. De machine, die de naam 'Mammoth' meekreeg, moet per jaar 36.000 ton CO₂ uit de lucht halen met een soort gigantisch dampkapsysteem. Hoe werkt het, hoeveel is het klimaat hierbij gebaat en wat zijn de addertjes onder het gras?

New path to transition away from fossil fuels marred by lack of finance and loopholes COP28 in Dubai sends an important signal on the end of fossil fuels but leaves more questions than answers on how to ensure a fair and funded transition that is based on science and equity

De Europese Unie zal haar eigen energie- en klimaatdoelen niet halen op basis van de plannen die tot nog toe zijn ingediend. Dat blijkt uit een vernietigende doorlichting van Climate Action Network Europe, een koepel van milieuorganisaties.

ibrio are bacteria that cause an estimated 80,000 illnesses each year in the United States. About a dozen species of Vibrio are pathogenic to humans. V. parahaemolyticus causes the most infections in the United States, accounting for about 40% of reported cases of vibriosis, followed by V. alginolyticus, which accounts for about 20%. Most people with Vibrio infection have diarrhea. Some people might also have stomach cramping, nausea, vomiting, fever, and chills. One species, V. vulnificus, is known to cause life-threatening infections. About 150–200 V. vulnificus infections are reported to CDC each year and about one in five people with this infection die—sometimes within 1–2 days of becoming ill.

Are we already living in the Anthropocene? For the past three years, the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) has undertaken extensive research at 12 different locations across the globe to search for geological evidence of recent planetary change provoked by industrialized humanity. The AWG’s aim was to identify a geological reference section, a so-called Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP, commonly referred to as the "Golden Spike") that would indicate the start of a new Earth epoch, the Anthropocene. The research process has been closely accompanied by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) within the collaborative framework of the Anthropocene Curriculum. On July 11, 2023, the scientists of the AWG will present their proposed Anthropocene GSSP candidate in a joint online press conference with the Max Planck Society and former members of the HKW. The press conference takes place as a special event of the international Max Planck So

Depuis qu’Elon Musk a acheté Twitter il y a six mois, le milliardaire Elon Musk a assoupli la modération des contenus problématiques et laissé revenir des personnalités auparavant bannies, comme Donald Trump.

Les associations environnementales Nature & Progrès et Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe annoncent mardi avoir mis en demeure la veille l'État belge, via le ministre fédéral en charge de l'Agriculture David Clarinval.

The EU have introduced a new regulation on the import of products linked to deforestation – but will this reduce deforestation globally?

We face so many concurrent threats that commentators have argued that we now face an unprecedented "polycrisis" – where multiple interacting global crises produce greater harms to the planet and humanity than those crises would produce in isolation. The Wellbeing Economy Alliance has argued that the current economic design is at the root cause of this polycrisis, and with good reason.

Research published this summer found that falsehoods about global warming continue to flourish on social media sites and are often framed through the lens of Western culture wars, placing climate change alongside other hot button topics like gay and transgender rights and gun control. A separate analysis released last month found “a sprawling online network” of Spanish speakers on Twitter, TikTok and other major social platforms who “consistently amplify” climate misinformation and other right-wing conspiracy theories.

Materials put into domestic compost are failing to disintegrate after six months – the only solution is to use less. Most plastics marketed as “home compostable” don’t actually work, with as much as 60% failing to disintegrate after six months, according to research.

Three months before COP27, new research suggests the most ambitious climate pledges are also most credible.

A coal-fired power plant that had been mothballed has become the first of its kind to be put back on to the network in Germany, as debate rages over how Europe’s largest economy will cope without Russian gas. The facility in Lower Saxony, which is owned by the Czech energy company EGH, has received emergency permission to run until April in an attempt to boost energy production.

Europese investeringen in gas en kernenergie krijgen voortaan het label groen, zo is vorige week besloten. Dit is pure greenwashing, waarschuwen Esther Bollendorff en Olivier Vardakoulias, beleidsexperts bij Climate Action Network Europe. De EU moet erop rekenen dat de nieuwe classificatie in de rechtbank wordt aangevochten.

L'organisation non gouvernementale Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) a relevé, via une étude, une augmentation de 53% en neuf ans de fruits contaminés par des pesticides censés être interdits sur le Vieux Continent depuis 2011.

L’organisation non gouvernementale Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) a relevé, via une étude, une augmentation de 53% en neuf ans de fruits contaminés par des pesticides censés être interdits sur le Vieux Continent depuis 2011. Quelque 97.170 échantillons ont été analysés entre 2011 et 2019. Dans son communiqué, l’ONG réclame l’interdiction immédiate des douze pesticides les plus dangereux ainsi que l’interdiction d’ici 2030 des autres produits contenant l’un des 55 pires agents chimiques.

It doesn’t even work yet, but nuclear fusion has encountered a shortage of tritium, the key fuel source for the most prominent experimental reactors.

Il est parfois surnommé le "pape cool" de l'écologie. Mais quand Rob Hopkins est invité par une alliance de dirigeants d'entreprises belges, il s'avoue "nerveux". Le cofondateur (en 2007) du Transition Network n'a pas l'habitude de se frotter au monde des affaires. De la rencontre presque improbable, nous retirons un condensé des défis business adressé aux entreprises, par Rob Hopkins.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), made up of the world’s leading climate scientists, has now published all three sections of its landmark comprehensive review of climate science.

Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up clouds of radioactive dust, workers at the site said. The two sources said soldiers in the convoy did not use any anti-radiation gear. The second Chernobyl employee said that was "suicidal" for the soldiers because the radioactive dust they inhaled was likely to cause internal radiation in their bodies.