Non-COVID news: June–end October 2022
The most and least environmentally friendly countries of 2022 — theweek — 29 October 2022 (LINK)
Battle of the Alps? Water woes loom amid climate change — apnews — 27 October 2022 (LINK)
Alpine nations aim for climate-neutral transport by 2050 — swissinfo — 27 October 2022 (LINK)
Panicking about the UN's scary Emissions Gap report is a waste of time — here's what to do instead — electrek — 27 October 2022 (LINK)
Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown, says UN — theguardian — 26 October 2022 (LINK)
WHO publishes first 'Watchlist' for Fungal Pathogens highlighting a growing threat to humankind — cosmosmagazine — 25 October 2022 (LINK)
British Council for Offices (BCO) identifies the ideal amount of office space per employee: 10-12 sq m — allwork — 24 October 2022 (LINK)
Breakthrough treatment eliminates kidney stones with little to no pain — thebrighterside — 23 October 2022 (LINK)
Scientists finally discover the cause of lupus — thebrighterside — 20 October 2022 (LINK)
— An international team of researchers has identified DNA mutations in a gene that senses viral RNA, as a cause of the autoimmune disease lupus, with the finding paving the way for the development of new treatments
Fifteen-minute cities — earthisland — 20 October 2022 (LINK)
World Cancer Congress: lack of early screening is driving deaths in poorer countries, NGO boss warns — genevasolutions — 19 October 2022 (LINK)
A new AI model can accurately predict human response to novel drug compounds — phys.org — 17 October 2022 (LINK)
Mapping our genetic ties to Neanderthals deserved a Nobel — aawsat — 16 October 2022 (LINK)
Researchers generate 1000x more power from solar panels — thebrighterside — 15 October 2022 (LINK)
A synthetic 'brain' just crushed it at Pong. Is it really sentient? — popularmechanics — 15 October 2022 (LINK)
Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong — grounds.news — 13 October 2022 (LINK)
New study debunks old theory that depressed people are more realistic — healthline — 14 October 2022 (LINK)
Global warming puts Arabica coffee at risk, and we're barrelling towards a crucial threshold — theconversation — 13 October 2022 (LINK)
The '15-Minute City': what they are and how to build them — forbes — 30 September 2022 (LINK)
Half of world's bird species in decline as destruction of avian life intensifies — ground.news — 29 September 2022 (LINK)
Half of the world's palm trees face extinction — part University of Zurich study — greekreporter — 28 September 2022 (LINK)
Nonprofits may need to spend about one-third of their budget on overhead to thrive – contradicting a rule of thumb for donors — oanow — 26 September 2022 (LINK)
Plenty Unlimited to build 'world's largest' indoor vertical farming complex, in Virginia — bloomberg — 14 September 2022 (LINK)
Simple blood test detects multiple cancers at early stage without obvious symptoms — iflscience — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
Air quality sinks as climate change accelerates — annual WMO Air Quality and Climate Bulletin — greekreporter — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
Climate impacts headed to 'uncharted territories of destruction,' UN chief warns — cbc — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
Long-promised reforms are coming too slowly to a humanitarian sector that's struggling to keep pace with soaring needs and costs, a new analysis warns: relief reaches less than half the people targeted, even though humanitarian funding nearly doubled over the last decade — thenewhumanitarian — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
ARHGAP11B: the gene to which we owe our big brain — neurosciencenews — 13 September 2022 (LINK)
Fossil fuel giants have targeted 150+ activists with 'judicial harassment': report — commondreams — 12 September 2022 (LINK)
Waiting for full gender equality? Not until 2322 at present rate, according to UN Women/UNDESA — womensagenda — 12 September 2022 (LINK)
The spectator's guide to the Elon Musk–Twitter fight — slate — 12 September 2022 (LINK)
Japanese scientists finally answer the fundamental question of how life on Earth began: a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet rather than RNA — slate — 11 September 2022 (LINK)
UN Human Development Index sees life expectancy, education and income fall for 90% of countries — bbc — 8 September 2022 (LINK)
Euronews: here are all the positive environmental stories from 2022 so far — euronews — 7 September 2022 (LINK)
Watch a virus infecting a cell caught on video for the first time ever — iflscience — 7 September 2022 (LINK)
5 books that help anyone understand modern finance — nextbigideaclub — 6 September 2022 — (LINK)
This 17-year old created an AI-powered app to help farmers combat invasive species across the world — forbes — 6 September 2022 (LINK)
Africa: Rich nations pledge funds at climate crisis summit — dw — 6 September 2022 (LINK)
More than 2100 species on the IUCN Red-List are "lost" — getaway — 5 September 2022 (LINK)
The race to find 2,100 missing species before they go extinct — vox — 3 September 2022 (LINK)
What's the chance of meeting Paris climate goal? Just 0.1%, study says — mongabay — 29 August 2022 (LINK)
Scientists believe this was the first animal to walk on land: Tiktaalik roseae — grunge — 26 August 2022 (LINK)
Study paints 'bleak picture' for 90% of marine life without emissions cuts — mongabay — 25 August 2022 (LINK)
Yes, there are more infectious diseases popping up these days — experts say there are 7 clear reasons why — ecowatch — 17 August 2022 (LINK)
— Leading factors include the pace of international travel, as well as more human-wildlife contact.
Marine Life Defenders: UN talks 'last chance' for global ocean treaty — ecowatch — 16 August 2022 (LINK)
Disasters linked to the climate crisis caused 24 million internal displacement in 2021 — socialbites — 16 August 2022 (LINK)
One-third of the food we eat is at risk because the climate crisis is endangering butterflies and bees — cnn — 14 August 2022 (LINK)
IUCN's new data on tiger numbers could prove to be a conservation gamechanger: numbers up by 40% between 2015 & 2022 — theprint — 14 August 2022 (LINK)
Rainwater is now unsafe to drink worldwide because of 'forever chemicals,' study suggests — usatoday — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
U.K. climate activists fill golf holes with cement after water ban exemption — bbc — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
Italy's Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought — apnews — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
Scientists at CERN have discovered too many particles for physics to keep up — inverse — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
DNA study finds Etruscans originated from Steppes — not Anatolia — greekreporter — 13 August 2022 (LINK)
5 species newly rated as endangered in 2022, says IUCN — discovermagazine — 11 August 2022 (LINK)
WEF's Great Reset agenda continues to get significant pushback from critics — bitcoin — 11 August 2022 (LINK)
What's wrong with the Fourth Industrial Revolution — bitcoin — 10 August 2022 (LINK)
How 'own nothing and be happy' sparked a misinformation campaign that targeted the World Economic Forum — wef / theglobeandmail — 5 August 2022 (LINK)
W.H.O.: life expectancy in Africa increases by nearly 10 years — ground.news — 5 August 2022 (LINK)
Faced with the energy crisis, Germany plans to question the abandonment of nuclear power — ground.news — 4 August 2022 (LINK)
UN warns two largest US water reservoirs at 'dangerously low levels' — thehill — 3 August 2022 (LINK)
Most rainwater on Earth contains PFAS exceeding safe levels, study finds — ecowatch — 2 August 2022 (LINK)
Richer nations fall short on climate finance pledge — apnews — 29 July 2022 (LINK)
The ocean cleanup removed its first 100K kg from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — theinertia — 26 July 2022 (LINK)
Pope apologizes in Canada for 'evil' of cooperating with 'catastrophic' policy of residential indigenous schools — ground.news — 26 July 2022 (LINK)
Catholic religious orders operated 66 of Canada's 139 residential schools.
Freezing point above Swiss Alps reaches new heights, smashing record from 27 years ago — iflscience — 25 July 2022 (LINK)
Water recycling solution recognised at inaugural WIPO global awards — genevasolutions — 22 July 2022 (LINK)
Latin America and Caribbean at risk of 'irreversible damage' from climate change — WMO report — genevasolutions — 22 July 2022 (LINK)
Australia drops a bombshell: an Environment Report Card that nobody should ignore — sciencealert — 21 July 2022 (LINK)
Khamenei adviser says 'Iran has the technical means to produce a nuclear bomb, but there has been no decision by Iran to build one' — ground.news — 17 July 2022 (LINK)
UK's M&S removes 'best before' dates from fruit and vegetables to tackle food waste — ground.news — 17 July 2022 (LINK)
Want to triple your memory in 5 minutes? Guinness world record holder shares tricks to improve cognition — firstforwomen — 15 July 2022 (LINK)
Study helps explain why a man has a shorter lifespan than a woman: loss in age of the male sex chromosome causing heart muscle to scar — yahoo — 15 July 2022 (LINK)
Australia's PM just laid out a radical new vision for Australia in the region: clean energy exporter and green manufacturer through electrolysers, green steel, green cement and green fertilizer — theconversation — 13 July 2022 (LINK)
The Big Plastic Count: U.K. survey shows 'recycling doesn't work' — ground.news — 12 July 2022 (LINK)
Humans need to value nature as well as profits to survive, UN report finds — theguardian — 11 July 2022 (LINK)
Researchers found that the way stakeholders valued nature was only taken into account on 2% of studies.
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits record for first half of 2022 — ground.news — 9 July 2022 (LINK)
Wild species relied on by billions at risk, U.N. report warns — ground.news — 8 July 2022 (LINK)
EU parliament backs labelling gas and nuclear investments as 'green': 328 vs 278 — ground.news — 7 July 2022 (LINK)
Catchup: the infamous 1972 report that warned of civilization's collapse: How does it hold up 50 years later? — wired — 8 July 2022 (LINK)
France's struggling nuclear giant EDF to be fully nationalized — ground.news — 6 July 2022 (LINK)
Under the same sky: how Rolex Laureate Emma Camp is saving coral reefs — tatlerasia — 4 July 2022 (LINK)
'They're everywhere': Microplastics in oceans, air and human body — ground.news — 3 July 2022 (LINK)
UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater ambition and global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean — un — 1 July 2022 (LINK)
Catchup: U.N. Ocean Conference ends with promises. Is a sea change coming? — mongabay — 1 July 2022 (LINK)
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would reduce risks to humans by up to 85% — thebrighterside — 30 June 2022 (LINK)
Davos was a case study in how not to talk about climate change — undark — 30 June 2022 (LINK)
These 3 smartphone apps are helping to reduce food waste around the globe — theplanetarypress — 29 June 2022 (LINK)
Who's to blame for inflation? NPR fact checks some common claims — npr — 29 June 2022 (LINK)
Mapped: Energy consumption per capita around the world: Iceland tops, but 98% from renewables — visualcapitalist — 28 June 2022 (LINK)
U.S. Supreme Court abortion ruling 'misleadingly quotes me' in overturning Roe vs Wade: law professor — newsweek — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
We have been lied to': Greta Thunberg Glastonbury address takes aim at 'greedy' world leaders — somersetlive — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
Thailand signs world's first country-to-country carbon offsetting pact, with Switzerland — nationthailand — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
World's first solar-powered car is ready to hit the road with 79km range and €250K price tag — mymodernmet — 25 June 2022 (LINK)
Lagos ranks second worst liveable city in the world, worst in Africa: Damascus at bottom — ripplesnigeria — 24 June 2022 (LINK)
Pacific island nation Niue protects 100% of its ocean territory — the size of Norway — in pioneering move — businessinsider — 23 June 2022 (LINK)
Britain ranks bottom in Europe for nature connectiveness: Italy best — theguardian — 23 June 2022 (LINK)
Five steps to environmental justice — undp — 23 June 2022 (LINK)
The retail industry is facing a potential wave of bankruptcies — cnbc — 23 June 2022 (LINK)
"Magic set of pills to keep you healthy? Don't waste your money on vitamins and supplements" (but some do help) — scitechdaily — 21 June 2022 (LINK)
An enormous international study just confirmed the ugly truth about sitting too much — sciencealert — 17 June 2022 (LINK)
Bank of England hikes rates for the fifth time in a row to 1.25% as inflation soars to 40-year high at 9% — cnbc — 16 June 2022 (LINK)
U.S. Federal Reserve's largest rate rise since 1994 to 1.5% — morningstar — 16 June 2022 (LINK)
McDonald's to pay France $1.3 billion in tax fraud case — apnews — 16 June 2022 (LINK)
Origin of Black Death finally found in bacteria from Kyrgyzstan graves: plague bacteria affecting marmosets in the region are genetically most similar to the samples — newscientist — 15 June 2022 (LINK)
'Nobody's immune to inflation': These are the most expensive cities for the world's wealthy: Inflation across the collection of items recorded rose 7.5% over the year, compared with just 1% the year earlier. Three-quarters (75%) of luxury goods and almost two-thirds (63%) of luxury services increased in price over the year — cnbc — 15 June 2022 (LINK)
Climate change: Rising sea levels threaten 200,000 England properties — ground.news — 15 June 2022 (LINK)
UN Secretary-General says the climate crisis is placing half of humanity in 'the danger zone' — euronews — 14 June 2022 (LINK)
North Carolina could lose up to 40% of its wetlands to sea level rise by 2070, new study shows — phys.org — 14 June 2022 (LINK)
UNESCO designates 11 new biosphere reserves, including 3 new countries — unesco — 14 June 2022 (LINK)
Universal health care could have saved more than 330,000 U.S. lives during COVID — scientificamerican — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
Scientists sound alarm on badly run medical studies: "over 60% showed a high risk of bias" — groundup — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
What extreme heat does to the human body — time — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
Global nuclear arsenal set to grow for first time in decades — theguardian — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
Expected Ocean Changes Require Planning For Many Generations Ahead — eurasiareview — 13 June 2022 (LINK)
"While surface warming may stabilize at about 1.5-2℃ when global emissions reach net-zero emissions, sub-surface ocean warming will continue for at least hundreds of years."
UNDP's Ocean Promise ahead of UN Ocean Conference 27 June-1 July — undp — 11 June 2022 (LINK)
"As of 2022, none of [the] SDG 14 [ocean] targets have been achieved, and progress on most has been limited. SDG 14 is estimated to receive the lowest level of investment of all the 17 SDGs." See also: The ocean and the blue economy are fundamental to addressing the triple planetary crisis — says UNDP (LINK)
Sepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwide — two Pittsburgh physicians offer a new approach to stopping it — lakeconews — 12 June 2022 (LINK)
World's protected natural areas too small and isolated to benefit wildlife — new study — theconversation — 10 June 2022 (LINK)
"We estimated that at least 1,536 species (40% of those we looked at), and maybe as many as 2,156 (56%) had ten or fewer protected populations that were likely to survive in the long run."