Environmental Protection
In light of new climate targets, the EU’s ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy is ripe for a revamp
However, if decarbonization is the objective, the EU needs to do more than cap greenhouse gas emissions from energy production and transportation, but has to tackle the issue from a wider angle, where Brussels' policy programmes, from the Climate Law
Earth Day is a reminder that we can still save our planet
We have never been better equipped or had more skills than we do now to tackle all the many problems facing us.
A newly rediscovered coffee plant could save our favorite cuppas from climate change
It will grow and crop under much warmer conditions than Arabica coffee and tastes just as fine.
Size alone ‘did not cause ancient megafauna to go extinct’
"We found no clear relationship between a species' inherent vulnerability to extinction and the timing of its extinction."
Airborne microplastics are travelling far and wide around the planet
"What humans have been doing for decades now is what I call a ‘plastification’ of the landscape and oceans."
The built-in resilience of corals could help them survive climate change
The biomineral that forms the skeleton of corals contains a highly organized organic mix of proteins, which resembles bone.