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Summer Solstice Triggers Mass, Synchronized European Beech Tree Reproduction, Study Finds

Summer Solstice Triggers Mass, Synchronized European Beech Tree Reproduction, Study Finds

A common “old world” tree, European beech can be found across Europe — from southern Scandinavia and Spain to Sicily and northwest Turkey. A new study by an international team of researchers has found that the summer solstice triggers synchronized beech tree reproduction all over the continent, influencing ecosystem functions. “We got inspired by a […]

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    EU Agrees to Stop Plastic Waste Exports to Non-OECD Nations Unable to Process It

    EU Agrees to Stop Plastic Waste Exports to Non-OECD Nations Unable to Process It

    European Union (EU) member states and lawmakers have reached an agreement to stop exports of certain types of waste, including plastics, to countries outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) group of mostly rich countries starting in mid-2026. “Exports of certain non-hazardous wastes and mixtures of non-hazardous wastes… will be allowed only to […]

    EU Agrees to Restore 20% of Its Lands and Waters by 2030

    EU Agrees to Restore 20% of Its Lands and Waters by 2030

    The European Union (EU) has agreed on a provisional agreement for a Nature Restoration Law — first proposed by the European Commission in June of last year — that would require member states to introduce measures for the restoration of 20 percent of the bloc’s land and sea ecosystems by 2030. More than 80 percent […]

    EU Votes to Cut Pesticide Use in Half by 2030

    EU Votes to Cut Pesticide Use in Half by 2030

    The Environment Committee of European Parliament has voted to ensure sustainable use of pesticides and reduce their use by at least half by 2030. Members of Parliament (MEPs) voted to also reduce the use of “more hazardous products” by 65 percent as compared to the average from 2013 to 2017, a press release from European […]

    Mont Blanc, Tallest Mountain in the Alps, Shrinks 2.2 Meters

    Mont Blanc, Tallest Mountain in the Alps, Shrinks 2.2 Meters

    Mont Blanc has shrunk 2.22 meters (approximately 7.3 feet) since 2021, leaving it at its lowest height in the 22 years since recordings began in 2001. Mont Blanc is famous for being the tallest mountain in the Alps and of Western Europe, but it has now declined to a height of 4,805.59 meters (15,766 feet). […]

    Landmark ‘David and Goliath’ Youth Climate Trial Begins

    Landmark ‘David and Goliath’ Youth Climate Trial Begins

    In an “unprecedented” climate change case, six young people from areas in Portugal affected by heat waves and wildfires took 32 European governments to court today, arguing that the countries’ failure to take swift action on the climate crisis violated their human rights. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will hear the case, which […]

    Deadly Wildfires Spread Across the Mediterranean

    Deadly Wildfires Spread Across the Mediterranean

    Wildfires are spreading in nine Mediterranean countries, killing dozens of people and causing thousands to evacuate. Heat waves and dry vegetation have created conditions for the wildfires to spread, and the extreme heat has been made more likely because of climate change, scientists say. Algeria has experienced the highest death toll of 34 people, as […]