Too Good To Go, the right way to eat well and avoid the food waste
In a world of over 7,8 billion people, with a great disproportion in economic availability between people living in the North and South of the world, food waste is a…
Sharing energy in the smart way – FUERGY
The need for energy transitions – a future based on renewables An energy transition larger and quicker than ever before is essential in order to keep globalwarming, measured against the…
Alaska glaciers may hit irreversible melting point sooner than expected, study finds
By Liya Cui (Reuters) – Glaciers in the Juneau Icefield in southeastern Alaska are melting at a faster rate than previously thought and may reach an irreversible tipping point sooner…
Bruised by stock market, Chinese rush into banned bitcoin
By Vidya Ranganathan and Summer Zhen Bitcoin: SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Dylan Run, a Shanghai-based finance sector executive, started moving a bit of his money into cryptocurrencies in early 2023,…
The mixed environmental impacts of irrigation
Environmental impacts: In the Earth’s interconnected systems, the role of irrigation is minor compared to sprawling oceans and towering mountains. Yet, as a recent analysis showed us in Nature Reviews Earth and…
Greenland’s Past: a green land with a vulnerable future
In the not-so-distant past, a vast portion of Greenland, now covered by a two-mile-thick ice sheet, was a lush and ice-free tundra landscape, possibly adorned with trees and roaming woolly…
The Fragile Future of Blue Food
Blue Food: According to a recent study, Aquatic food producers worldwide, including some of the largest countries in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, are facing significant vulnerability to human-induced environmental…
15-Minute Cities: unveiling the potential
Debunking Conspiracy Theories and Embracing Urban Transformation The rise of conspiracy theories surrounding the “15-Minute City” concept has taken the world by storm, causing alarm and sparking heated debates. This seemingly…
Winners of NovaUCD’s 2023 Innovation Awards Revealed
NovaUCD has announced the recipients of its annual innovation awards which highlight successes made in areas of knowledge transfer, consultancy, entrepreneurship and the promotion of an innovation culture, by members…
2023: Warmer than 2022
We have written a lot about how climate change drives the global temperature, and the dramatic effects rising temperatures will have on humans, their health, and nature, leading to severe…