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Future brief: Nanoplastics: State of knowledge and environmental and human health impacts (2023)
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Shale, N. (2023). Future brief: Nanoplastics: State of knowledge and environmental and human health impacts. Luxembourg: Directorate-General for the Environment

This Future Brief elucidates the current situation regarding nanoplastics and the environment, from their detection and analysis through to their potential health risks, dispersal pathways, and future outlook.

Future brief: COVID-19 and the environment: Links, impacts and lessons learned (2022)
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Shale, N., Jenner, N., & Bird, E. (2022). Future brief: COVID-19 and the environment: Links, impacts and lessons learned. Luxembourg: European Commission DG Environment

Introduction Since early 2020, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), known as COVID-19 (first detected at the end of 2019), has hit societies worldwide, unsparingly, causing massive impacts on people’... Read More about Future brief: COVID-19 and the environment: Links, impacts and lessons learned.

Future brief: Pollinators: Importance for nature and human well-being, drivers of decline and the need for monitoring (2020)
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Shale, N., Kilfoyle, M., & Jenner, N. (2020). Future brief: Pollinators: Importance for nature and human well-being, drivers of decline and the need for monitoring. Luxembourg: Directorate-General Environment

Pollinators are vital to our wellbeing and the survival of nature. By helping plants reproduce, pollinators support a steady supply of healthy and economically valuable food for humans and prop up entire ecosystems. However, we are at risk of losing... Read More about Future brief: Pollinators: Importance for nature and human well-being, drivers of decline and the need for monitoring.