Ditch brightly coloured plastic, anti-waste researchers tell firms 28/5/2024

Retailers are being urged to stop making everyday products such as drinks bottles, outdoor furniture and toys out of brightly coloured plastic after researchers found it degrades into microplastics faster than plainer colours. ...more

ICBA research paves the way to fast-tracking quinoa breeding 28/5/2024

Quinoa breeders now have the genetic information about the crop which will help them develop high-yielding, early-maturing quinoa varieties which are not bitter in taste in record time. ...more

Dubai’s ban on all single-use bags from June 1: Know the fines and rules 27/5/2024

Customers will no longer be able to pay 25 fils at shops to use single-use plastic bags after May 31 and will have to use alternatives to a total ban on all kinds of single-use bags, including those made of paper, Dubai Municipality announced on Saturday. ...more

Antarctica's doomsday glacier melting 'faster than thought' sparking fears for climate 27/5/2024

Antarctica's ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting at an alarming rate beyond what scientists had predicted – as warm ocean water continues to penetrate several miles underneath it. ...more

UN weather agency anticipates highly active hurricane season 27/5/2024

The World Meteorological Organization on Friday said it expected a highly active hurricane season and stressed that early warnings were needed to save lives. ...more

Netherlands to ban loudest night flights at Schiphol airport 27/5/2024

The Dutch government wants fewer night flights at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and to ban the loudest night flights by 2025 to reduce noise pollution, Infrastructure Minister Mark Harbers said in a letter to parliament on Friday. ...more

Electrification of heavy-duty vehicles: How can efficiency be improved under challenging climatic conditions? 27/5/2024

Spanish researcher Albert Alonso-Villar receives the 2024 Young Researcher of the Year Award today for his research on the effects of cold climates on heavy-duty vehicles powered by batteries. ...more

'New normal' of extreme weather in Gulf will require significant infrastructure investment 24/5/2024

Countries in the Gulf will be required to invest billions of dollars in flood-proofing infrastructure as the region grapples with the “new normal” of extreme weather, a report has found. ...more

‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says 24/5/2024

The seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating, a study has found. ...more

Half of world's mangroves under threat, says conservation group 24/5/2024

Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse as a result of human activity, rising sea levels and extreme weather, according to the latest survey by an international conservation group. ...more