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Each month, we publish insightful news alerts on the latest #environmental research, including:
🌬️ Air #pollution
♻️ #Plastics
🏭 Industrial emissions
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Internationally traded #food 🥦 makes up 19% of consumed calories worldwide 🌍 – but what is the #environmental impact of this trade?
Researchers estimate the carbon footprint 👣 of food miles.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1633053767766515713
RT @UNECEForests: #Borealforests hold 20% of the world’s #carbonemissions🌎
But as our planet gets warmer, longer & drier seasons, intense wildfires and pests outbreaks may turn boreal #forests from #carbonsinks to #carbon sources🌲
Read more➡️ https://unece.org/media/Forestry/press/376366
#climatechange
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1633052606175084544
RT @defis_eu: 📢We are organising, together with @EU4Space, a webinar aimed at informing about the possibilities provided by #Copernicus 🇪🇺🛰️ for the green energy transition of the #EU
📆 17 March
📍Online and in person
Register at 🔗https://euspa.blumm.it/event/ar/3/euspa-copernicus-online-event
#EUSpace 🇪🇺🛰️ #RepowerEU
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1632691476206432257
The #MarineActionPlan aims to improve the sustainability and resilience of 🇪🇺fisheries and aquaculture.
This includes ecosystem protection. One study shows how full protection in marine protected areas 🐠 can help meet fishery and #conservation goals.
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RT @EU_ENV: Today, we present a 🆕 #MarineActionPlan to reduce the impact of fishing on the marine environment and restore ecosystems, which will be good #ForNature AND for 🎣 fishers
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1632677877622751234
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay! One of the biggest threats to #wildlife in #marine areas 🐬 is plastic pollution.
This study reveals how green #turtles 🐢 in remote Azores feeding grounds are ingesting plastic.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1631653610550620163
RT @RuthLarbey: Pleased our @SfEP report on #nanoplastics has been published. It was a lot of work! We conclude: failure to control these invisible pollutants is an escalating hazard, the full proportions of which we may not understand until too late #Plastocene🌍 Here, small = not beautiful.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1631345024377004036
RT @ICLEI_Europe: 📢 Read the 🆕 Future Brief by @SfEP, dedicated to latest research and findings on #nanoplastics!
Learn more about their impacts on the #environment, ecotoxicity ☣️ and potential impacts on human #health ⚕️. ⬇
@EU_ENV @SciCommsUWE
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1631344992915529764
RT @IPBES: Celebrate wild species on #WorldWildlifeDay!🌿
The use of wild species is vital to human communities, but their unsustainable use increases the risk of their extinction.
Find out how ppl can benefit more sustainably from wild species in @ipbes #SustainableUse report.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1631341183015219200
Did you know March is #NationalNutritionMonth?
#Pollinators 🐝 play a vital role in the production of crops high in nutrients. With the decline of pollinators such as wild and #honeybees, this puts food security at risk.
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1631340888101199897
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Today marks International #PolarBearDay! 🐻❄️
#PolarBears have been on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species since 2015, and studies show that Earth’s ongoing mass extinction 🌍 may be more severe than previously thought.
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1630137631026688002
As sea levels rise due to #ClimateChange, coastal #ecosystems are transforming and causing a detrimental impact on carbon stores in forests 🌲.
A study has found that carbon stores are lost when marshland replaces #forests and may never be recaptured.
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1629055820922081281
Do #chemicals 🧪, including environmental contaminants, contribute to obesity?
Researchers reviews the evidence that suggests a possible causal factor between chemicals and obesity, with implications for policy and #research.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1628693205569966080
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The 🇪🇺 aims to achieve ‘good’ #environmental status in #marine areas 🐟 across all Member States.
Researchers assessed protected and non-protected sites in the #MediterraneanSea 🌊, according to key ecological indicators.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1627968604275630080
How can #smartphones become more #sustainable? 📱♻️ Much of the #environmental impact lies in smartphone’s manufacturing and materials.
A new study explores how modular smartphones promotes user repairs 🔧.
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https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/sustainable-smartphones-modular-design-promotes-do-it-yourself-repair-extend-device-life-2023-02-15_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1627671456480886785
RT @FAO: Every 5⃣ seconds, the equivalent of one soccer pitch of #soil erodes.
Here are 3⃣ reasons why we need to protect our soils 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1627614002405642240
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ A free service providing quality environmental research for evidence-based policy.
🔎👩🔬🌱 Views here do not necessarily represent the European Commission.
Joined Apr 2022
