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Google and an innovative project: releasing millions of mosquitoes to protect health and reduce diseases

An ambitious scientific project driven by a company linked...

Due to climate change, Spain’s beaches will lose up to 80 meters of sand due to erosion

Spain's beaches face the loss of up to 80...

Reappearance of the giant anteater in Brazil after 130 years of absence due to conservation efforts

An unexpected discovery has filled the scientific community with...

Spain: 44% of rivers and wetlands at environmental risk, warns SEO/BirdLife

Spain faces a crucial challenge for the recovery of...

The sustainable alternative developed by CONICET with the private sector: what their cassava biodegradable bags are like

The CONICET is making progress in a key development for sustainability: the creation of biodegradable bags from cassava starch. The project is being carried out...

The Ingenious Invention of a 17-Year-Old Against Pollution: From Fish Scales to Biodegradable Plastic

A 17-year-old girl surprises the world with an innovative sustainable invention: a biodegradable plastic made with fish scales, a waste that usually ends up...

Goodbye Plastics: The Pioneering CONICET Research Aiming to Replace Petroleum Derivatives with Biodegradables

Researchers from the CONICET are working on a key study to replace petroleum-derived plastics with biodegradable polymers. The goal is for these to "revolutionize" the...

Plastic in the oceans could take more than 100 years to disappear from the surface, according to a new study

Científicos del Departamento de Geografía y Ciencias Ambientales de la Universidad Queen Mary de Londres, en colaboración con HR Wallingford Ltd., desarrollaron un modelo...

An Ecuadorian Amazon fungus that “eats” plastic: a new hope against environmental pollution

Plastic pollution is one of the greatest environmental disasters of our time. Each year, more than 400 million tons of plastics are produced, much...

Reappearance of the giant anteater in Brazil after 130 years of absence due to conservation efforts

An unexpected discovery has filled the scientific community with...

Spain: 44% of rivers and wetlands at environmental risk, warns SEO/BirdLife

Spain faces a crucial challenge for the recovery of...

Successful return to the sea of a rehabilitated elephant seal in San Clemente del Tuyú

A juvenile specimen of Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)...