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Today we celebrate a true multitasking hero of the sea: seagrass.
#Seagrass meadows
🌱 store huge amounts of carbon
🌱 protect our coasts from erosion
🌱 provide food & shelter for sea life
and more!
Happy #WorldSeagrassDay!
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Have you heard of #nanoplastics? They are created when #plastics break down over time.
How do they impact our world?
Our Future Brief presents the latest research on nanoplastics and their impacts on the #environment and human #health.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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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 👇
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📢 Only a few days left to share your views on the past, present and future of the 🇪🇺 #HorizonEU & #H2020 programmes for Research & Innovation
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RT @EU_ENV: 🆕 Public consultation on the past, present & future of 🇪🇺 Research and Innovation
Share with us your views on #H2020 & #HorizonEU and help us shape the priorities for 2025-2027
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There’s still time left to have your say 🗣️ on the past, present and future of EU Research and Innovation!
Your views on #HorizonEU and #H2020 will help to shape the priorities for 2025-27. Take part by 23 February!
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RT @ICLEI_Europe: Science for Environment Policy is a free service from @EU_ENV offering access to quality scientific #research on environmental policy issues.
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🆕 Using lead gunshot in wetlands is now banned in the EU
The new rules, which will help protect the health of 🇪🇺 wetlands and prevent around 1 million birds from dying of lead poisoning each year, take full effect today: https://europa.eu/!fMRhDp
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Have you read our Future Brief on COVID-19? It explores the #environmental impacts linked with #COVID19, such as:
🗑️ Plastic waste
🌊 #Water and #air quality
🧫 Antimicrobial resistance
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In the 🇪🇺, 37% of all waste generated comes from #construction and demolition 🏗️.
Can the construction industry reduce its #environmental footprint with circular design approaches 🔄?
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RT @plasticheal: ESSENTIAL.
@SfEP #FutureBrief explores the latest research on #nanoplastics: detection, assessment & monitoring, environmental impacts, ecotoxicity & fate; & their potential impacts on #humanhealth
Over 10 references to papers by #PlasticHeal team.
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#MNPL
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Explore the latest research on #nanoplastics in our 🆕 Future Brief!
Plastic #pollution is cited as ‘the defining challenge of our times’ and includes nanoplastics, which break down from #plastics and #microplastics.
How do they impact #ecosystems? ⬇
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/publications/future-brief-nanoplastics-state-knowledge-and-environmental-and-human-health-impacts-issue-27_en
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