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Weekly Issue #343 | 10 January 2024

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Jansson: From oil digger to energy transition enabler: the critical role of exploration...

Jansson: From oil digger to energy transition enabler: the critical role of exploration geosciences education in Europe

EFG announces the release of issue 56 of its peer-reviewed Diamond Open Access publication, the European Geologist. The new issue is entitled "Geoscience in policy making: past experience, current practice and future opportunities"

While only around a third of the world’s rivers “remain free flowing,” according to campaign group International Rivers, the situation is worse in Europe, where the number of ‘wild’ or free-flowing rivers can likely be counted on both hands.

Germany’s power sector emissions dropped to their lowest level in 70 years in 2023 while moving past the 50% threshold for renewable electricity production for the first time. However, this is partly attributed to falling industrial production, casting...

Austria generated 87% of its power from renewable sources in 2023 following record years of solar panel expansion, putting it behind Luxembourg in the EU rankings.

France's main energy priorities for 2030 largely promote nuclear power as a way of ditching fossil fuels while failing to mention the EU's renewable energy targets.

French Energy Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher will be in Prague on Monday and Tuesday to make progress on Franco-Czech nuclear cooperation, particularly on the construction of new reactors.

Britain said it plans to spend 300 million pounds (€348 million) on a new programme to produce advanced nuclear fuel suitable for the next generation of power-generating reactors, seeking to dislodge Russia as the main international supplier.

France requires more than the six new nuclear plants currently planned and possibly needs to build more than 14 new plants, its energy minister said, just days before a parliamentary debate begins on the issue.

KN Energies, a Lithuanian state company, will manage Germany’s four state-owned LNG terminals to help the country's phase-out from Russian gas.

Fears that Slovakia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal could end up as a stranded investment are reinforced by experts who warn that too much LNG infrastructure is being built as fossil fuels are phased out and that there is likely to be a surplus ...

The European Commission is expected to table its proposed climate target for 2040 on 6 February, in what many see as the current administration's legacy for the new team that will be appointed to lead the Brussels-based executive after the June EU elec...

Norway's parliament on Tuesday adopted a government plan to open up parts of its seabed to mining exploration, despite protests from activists and scientists' warnings about the uncertain environmental impact.

Most countries, including Switzerland, record their greenhouse gas emissions by source and sector. In absolute terms, Swiss greenhouse gases make up less than 1% of global emissions. With an average of 12 metric tons of CO2 equivalents per capita per y...

Scientists say they have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model which would efficiently interpret and recognize the behavior of certain factors in seismic-prone regions to forecast earthquakes before their occurrence.

Aftershocks threatened to bury more homes and block roads crucial for relief shipments, as the death toll from the earthquakes that rattled Japan's western coastline this past week rose to 126 on Saturday.

Climate change is one of the most urgent problems facing humanity today. Every corner of the planet is already feeling the impacts of climate change, from devastating heatwaves to sweeping floods. The wealthy and powerful are responsible for the lion’s...

Dr Arne Petter Ratvik is championing high-tech goods for Europe through a low-tech source: fertiliser.Ratvik, a metals expert at independent Norwegian research organisation SINTEF, says raw materials needed by the European auto, computer, electronics, ...

Bacteriophages that kill bacteria are potentially an important weapon in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, but their development as regulatory approved therapies is being underfunded and stifled by existing rules, according to a report by MPs...

Open science policies are gathering pace, but further progress depends on wider culture change, improved monitoring and better policy support, UNESCO says.

PhD candidate Maureene Auma Ondayo is investigating major and trace element exposure in the environment in Kenya.

The East Asia country has comparatively low earthquake casualties given the magnitude of their quakes, thanks to their emergency preparations, a Northeastern expert says.