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The majority of bathing water sites in Europe met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent' water quality standards in 2022, according to the latest annual Bathing Water report published today.

This week, EU Member States’ Marine directors have endorsed recommendations on the limitation of seabed damage and seabed loss.

Issue 601: In 2019 the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral fire spread leaded dust over Paris. Scientists have now uncovered a unique geochemical fingerprint of the lead dust pollution from this incident.

Issue 601: Monitoring has shown that summer levels of dissolved oxygen in lakes are declining. New analysis reveals that this is probably due to effects of global warming, and will be detrimental for aquatic species and potentially methane emissions.

Issue 601: Essential expansion of low-carbon energy infrastructure will have resource and emissions implications. Researchers note that while materials-associated emissions will not threaten budgets, meeting the demand for key materials may be hard.

Issue 601: Assessing the health risk of virus-contaminated water should take account of virus inactivation due to environmental stressors, a new study shows.

In a report published today, the Commission identifies Member States at risk of not meeting the 2025 preparing for re-use and recycling targets for municipal and all packaging waste and the 2035 landfilling target.

The European Air Quality Index App, first launched in 2021, provides instant access to up-to-date air quality monitoring data from monitoring stations located in European cities and towns and includes air quality forecasts and health recommendations.

Re-wilding forests with Eurasian lynx, boosting farming with hi-tech bio-stimulants and helping one of Europe’s biggest cities adapt to climate change are among the winning projects announced yesterday at the EU’s annual LIFE Awards.