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Caulerpa Taxifolia, a Growing Menace for the Temperate Marine Environment - Environment Alert Bulletin 1
(2004-01)
For the first time in history, a genetically altered seaweed is colonising very large areas of the marine environment in an uncontrollable way. The green alga, mutated by exposure to chemicals and ultraviolet light, has ...
Wildland Fires, a Double Impact on the Planet - Environment Alert Bulletin 3
(2004-06)
Wildland fires annually burn an area half the size of Australia and generate nearly 40% of total anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2). Their impact in terms of deforestation, climate change and loss of biodiversity is ...
Illegal Oil Discharge in European Seas - Environment Alert Bulletin 7
(2006-02)
One-third of global marine oil transportation passes through European waters. Not only oil tankers, but various other cargo ships pose a constant threat of small to medium-scale oil pollution from illegal dumping of oily ...
Tourism Expansion: Increasing Threats, or Conservation Opportunities? - Environment Alert Bulletin 6
(2005-04)
Tourism generates 11% of global GDP, employs 200 million people but produces 4.8 million tones of waste yearly and consumes as much energy as a country the size and development level of Japan. The number of tourists is ...
Impacts of Summer 2003 Heat Wave in Europe - Environment Alert Bulletin 2
(2003-03)
The extreme drought and heat wave that hit Europe in the summer of 2003 had enormous adverse social, economic and environmental effects, such as the death of thousands of vulnerable elderly people, the destruction of large ...
Coastal Degradation Leaves the Caribbean in Troubled Waters - Environment Alert Bulletin 11
(2008-02)
Recent assessments in the Caribbean indicate that suspended solids in the coastal and marine environment are already leading to severe environmental impacts in the region(a). Key economic sectors are threatened by sedimentation ...
Gold Prices on the Rise, Environment under Pressure - Environment Alert Bulletin 8
(2006-11)
Although the gold industry is often presented as a “first foreign direct investment” leading to positive outcomes in many developing countries and securing the wealth of many nations, it is also clear that some of its ...
Human Induced Harmful Algal Blooms - Environment Alert Bulletin 12
(2008-05)
The occurrence of coastal harmful algal blooms (HABs) over the last several decades has become a worldwide environmental concern. Some of these HABs are caused by anthropogenic nutrient pollution and can harm whole marine ...
The Environmental Price to Pay for Heavy Goods Traffic - Environment Alert Bulletin 10
(2007-11)
New methods of production and consumption, as well as ongoing economic growth in the European region in recent decades, have led to an increasing demand for faster and more flexible transport modes, often favouring road ...
Nuclear Waste: Is Everything under Control? - Environment Alert Bulletin 9
(2007-02)
50 years after the opening of the world's first civil nuclear power station, very little radioactive waste produced has been permanently disposed of. Moreover, the average age of today’s reactors is approximately 22 years, ...