waste plastic bottles and other types of plastic waste at the Thilafushi waste disposal site
Environment

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has joined forces with a large number of organisations and the countries of Indonesia and Ghana to launch an international alliance to prevent…

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Environment

Excessive nitrate in lakes, seas and rivers can increase algae growth that may lead to toxic blue-green blooms. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has developed an innovative method to trace the origin of…

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Environment

An international study analyses energy requirements for negative emissions technologies. They can help to mitigate climate change.

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Environment

The 6th Global Environment Outlook was presented at the 4th UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Environment

Intensive agriculture in China and India is making a decisive contribution to the greening of the Earth. Researchers are dubious about this, as the growth in biomass is the result in part of increased use of fertilizer…

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Environment

Despite prolific growth in environmental laws and agencies worldwide over the last four decades, environmental law enforcement often fails.

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Environment

There are numerous proposals regarding the best way to protect the environment and ecosystems. Instead of inventing the wheel anew, our Nigerian author advocates reflecting on the cultural and religious concepts of his…

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Rural development

Lanthanides, or rare earths, as they are usually referred to, have found widespread use in modern technology, also for regenerative energy systems. However, their extraction and processing tends to be a rather messy…

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