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Global bill for soil erosion by water: US$8,000,000,000
05/23/2019, JRC
A recent JRC study finds that soil erosion by water costs the world economy about US$8,000,000,000 (eight billion US dollars) a year. read more
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EurAqua 25th anniversary celebration on June 11 in Brussels
05/17/2019, Water, Wageningen Environmental Research (Alterra)
The European Network of Freshwater Research Organisations (EurAqua) holds its 25th anniversary in an event that will take place in Brussels on the 11th June (14:30-19:30)at the read more
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How big is the EU's Blue Economy? The EU report on potential of coasts and oceans to provide for sustainable economic growth published
05/16/2019, JRC
The European Union's blue economy continues growing. The economic activities related to oceans, seas and coastal areas recorded gross profit of EUR 74.3 billion in 2017, with 4 read more
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Forest microbiome: Mapping the symbiotic relationships between trees and microbes
05/15/2019, JRC
A scientific article published in Nature today shows how the world’s forests are built on symbiotic partnerships between trees and microbes, and how these could be affected by a read more
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Human activities impeding the flow of two-thirds of the world’s longest rivers
05/12/2019, JRC
A recent Nature article that maps the world’s free-flowing rivers shows that the flow of most of the world’s longest rivers has been impeded by man-made constructions such as dams read more
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A warmer Arctic will have a large and complex impact to algal production
05/09/2019, Climate Change, SYKE
The warming of the Arctic Ocean could generally increase the primary production provided by algae living in sea ice, but the impact varies greatly between latitudes, claims a study read more
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First overview on chemicalization of aquatic environment completed
05/07/2019, Natural Hazards and Environmental Risks, SYKE
A new assessment of levels of harmful substances in Finnish waters has been completed. According to monitoring activities, harmful levels of mercury, fire retardants and surface read more
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Nature's Dangerous Decline – extinction rates set to accelerate
05/06/2019, JRC
A global social and ecological emergency has been declared at today's launch of the IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the first global biodiversity read more