Noticias sobre Sweden
Method could improve SARS-CoV-2 testing in variety of sewage systems
With the purpose of contributing to a monitoring or early-warning system for pandemic spread through a given region, a Swedish research team has reportedly optimized a method for concentrating SARS-CoV-2 particles in municipal sewage systems.
Irreversible hotter and drier climate over inner East Asia
Mongolia's semi-arid plateau may soon become as barren as parts of the American Southwest due to a "vicious cycle" of heatwaves—that exacerbates soil drying, and ultimately produces more heatwaves—according to an international group of climate scientists.
EU-funded international project PathoCERT launched
During emergency response operations, first responders are at risk of being exposed to dangerous pathogens (such as norovirus, e.
Over one billion people at threat of being displaced by 2050 due to environmental change
The international think-tank the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) published a new report.
Consequences of the 2018 summer drought in Europe
Research team with participation from Göttingen University investigates effects on plants, forests and grassland.
EBRD to improve water supply in Banja Luka
EBRD loan of up to €6 million to finance upgrade of water and wastewater infrastructure. Investment comes under EBRD Green Cities framework. EU to provide additional €4 million grant support.
Japanese team wins Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Hiroki Matsuhashi and Takuma Miyaki from Japan receive the prestigious 2020 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for their innovation to prevent soil erosion.
Claire Baffert (WWF): “We need to stop overexploitation and poor management of Europe’s rivers”
Since the creation of the European Policy Office in 1989, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a leading non-governmental organization, has worked on EU water policy.
Hit by worsening drought, Zimbabwe taps funding for water-wise farming
By Lungelo Ndhlovu. Backed by the Green Climate Fund, small-scale farmers in the south will get help to improve irrigation and use scarce water resources more efficiently.
New climate predictions assess global temperatures in coming five years
The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1° Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in each of the coming five years (2020-2024) and there is a 20% chance that it will exceed 1.5°C in at least one year, according to new climate predictions issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
New method estimates risks of hormone-disrupting substances in drinking water
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a new method that can make it easier for public authorities to assess the health risks of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the environment.
EU creates a pan-European Umbrella study for early coronavirus detection in wastewater
Wastewater has emerged as a reliable indicator of the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the population, while being itself not a source of infection.
EU mobilises emergency assistance following floods in Ukraine
Earlier this week, intensive rains resulted in the largest flooding in the south-west of Ukraine in the last 50 years, with several casualties and damage to hundreds of homes.
How to manage water systems for long-term sustainability
An EU initiative is encouraging active involvement and collaboration of all members of society for the creation of a circular water economy.
Dr John Cherry: “We need more curiosity about water in the educational system”
Since 1991, SIWI in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences present the annual Stockholm Water Prize, the world’s most prestigious water award.
The landscape determines how streams should be restored
The UN has declared the coming decade as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, making it particularly urgent to plan for successful restoration.
EU warns Belgium, Greece and Sweden to comply with rules for treating urban waste water
The European Commission has urged Belgium, Greece, and Sweden to ensure that urban waste water is adequately collected and treated, as required by Directive 91/271/EEC on the treatment of urban waste water.
NIB finances hydropower upgrades in Sweden and Finland
NIB has signed a ten-year loan agreement of EUR 70 million with Fortum Oyj to finance the refurbishment of two hydropower plants in Sweden and one in Finland.
Lakes triple amount of carbon they bury in response to human disruption of global nutrient cycles
A new study led by Loughborough University has revealed that lake burial of organic carbon has increased three-fold over the last 100 years in response to human disruption of global nutrient cycles.
Ian Pepper: “We have detected the virus in raw sewage, but not after secondary treatment”
As the United States overtakes Italy as the worst-hit country by the novel coronavirus pandemic with over 28,000 deaths, researchers at the University of Arizona Water and Energy Sustainable Technology Center test wastewater across the country, from California to New York, to monitor the incidence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.