Plastics, in all their diverse forms and applications, are embedded in modern life. Their omnipresence, persistence, and potential toxicity pose serious questions for environmental health.
Chemical pollution is a major threat to water quality worldwide. A group of synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has emerged as a significant concern.
En septembre 2024, un groupe d’étudiant-e-s et d’enseignants de l’Institut des sciences de l’environnement de l’Université de Genève a pu se rendre en Suède pour faire des recherches sur l’évolution du climat.
Two researchers at the University of Geneva's Institute of Environmental Sciences have developed a free mobile application that shows how energy balance climate models work. It also provides didactic assistance with definitions and explanations.
Lakes are home to many different species, but they also provide us beneficial services, such as drinking water. Monitoring and understanding phytoplankton dynamics is an important consideration for lake management.
Our food system is a major culprit in greenhouse gas emissions and therefore a main driver of climate change, which, consequently, exacerbates pressure on the planet’s natural resources and jeopardizes people’s livelihoods. However, to respond to increasing demand for food, our food system’s strategy was to produce more at the lowest cost.
A large – yet overlooked – contributor to GHG emissions and the climate crisis is our global food system. Although responsible for 24% of total food systems emissions, land use for human food production only makes up 8% of the total, the remaining 16% is attributed to livestock land use.
