A new approach to urban planning with less car traffic and lower carbon emissions
Urban planning needs to tackle greenhouse gas emissions – and an important way to achieve this [...]
Environment
New maps show where European landscapes can advance climate and biodiversity goals together
A new framework that maps Europe’s climate-smart rewilding potential shows how different regions can contribute in [...]
Insects in the city: flowers alone are not enough
What renders a city garden attractive to insects such as solitary bees, bumblebees and hoverflies? And [...]
Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming
Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C [...]
Urban water bodies are heavily contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The scientists analysed bacteria found in these samples and detected a higher diversity and load of [...]
New Peer-Reviewed Study: Bottom Trawling in Europe’s Waters Costs Society up to €16 Billion Annually — Mostly Due to Climate Impacts
The destructive fishing practice takes place in more than half of Europe’s marine protected areas (MPAs); [...]