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A recent report analyzed 230 cases of environmental crimes committed in Amazonian countries over the last ten years, with the aim of understanding the methods and destinations of laundering the proceeds deriving from these illicit activities.The study was conducted by the FACT Coalition, an alliance of more than 100 organizations committed to fight against corrupt financial practices.In the report, the association reveals that the United States represents the most common foreign destination for the products and profits of eco-crimes committed in the Amazon region.The most widespread method for money laundering involves the use of shell and front companies, while corruption emerges as the most frequent collateral crime. The report of FACT Coalition was published in late October, and was written by Julia Yansura, program director for environmental crime and illicit finance at the FACT Coalition.It analyzes open sources on 230 cases of environmental crime to better understand how they are...

Donald Trump will begin his new mandate in January, but in the meantime we understand how he will position himself on the Ukraine, Middle East, China and EU dossiers.

Clouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the atmosphere – sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, we show that microplastic particles can have the same effects, producing ice crystals at temperatures 5 to 10 degrees Celsius (9 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than droplets without microplastics. This suggests that microplastics in the air may affect weather and climate by producing clouds in conditions where they would not form otherwise. We are atmospheric chemists who study how different types of particles form ice when they come into contact with liquid water. This process, which occurs constantly in the atmosphere, is called nucleation. Clouds in the atmosphere can be made up of liquid water droplets, ice particles or a mixture of the two. In clouds in the mid- to upper atmosphere where temperatures are between 32 and minus 36 F (0 to minus 38 C), ice crystals...

Never before has the average global temperature in an entire calendar year been more than 1.5 degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels.

Australian researchers observed that daily consumption of cruciferous vegetables lowers blood pressure, reducing the risk of heart attack or stroke by 5 percent.