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- 1Scientists warn EU pesticide policy is a dangerous step backward●Pesticides: Scientific community warns of 'dangerous step backward' in European laws
The European scientific community has issued a warning that proposed or enacted changes to EU pesticide legislation amount to a 'dangerous step backward' in environmental and health protections. According to Le Monde, researchers fear the rollback of current safeguards could increase pesticide use and exposure across Europe, sparking debate over the future direction of the bloc's agricultural and environmental policy.
- 2Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss●# BBC # News # Science # Environment Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies htt
Switzerland's glaciers have lost ice at what scientists describe as a disastrous rate over the past year, according to BBC News reporting. The melt threatens long-term water supplies for communities and agriculture that depend on glacial runoff. Observers are linking the losses to ongoing warming in the Alps, where repeated hot years have left little time for ice to recover between melt seasons.
- 3Smile mission releases first ultraviolet images of auroral substorm●Smile’s first ultraviolet footage shows auroral substorm This is the first footage to be released from the ultraviolet c
The European-Chinese Smile mission has released the first images from its ultraviolet camera, capturing an auroral substorm. The footage shows the full ring of northern lights around the Earth's polar region, something no spacecraft has recorded since 2008. Scientists say the observations will help study how solar wind drives sudden, dramatic brightenings of the aurora.
- 4Pardon and Zamolodchikov Join European Academy of Engineering▼Pardon, Zamolodchikov Inducted into European Academy of Engineering
Stony Brook University physicists John Pardon and Alexander Zamolodchikov have been inducted into the European Academy of Engineering, an honour recognising leading figures in engineering and the mathematical sciences. The university announced the appointments, adding the two scholars to a growing list of its faculty named to major international academies for their influential research contributions.
- 5Mediterranean marine heatwaves hit two-decade high, report finds▼Ocean State Report 10 reveals two-decade high in Mediterranean marine heatwaves
The EU's Ocean State Report 10 has found that marine heatwaves in the Mediterranean have reached their highest level in two decades. The finding points to intensifying warming in one of the world's most vulnerable seas, with scientists warning of consequences for marine ecosystems, fisheries and coastal communities across the region.