ITHACA, USA/ Cornell University experts on farm animals and food safety comment on the recall of at least 380 million eggs in the past week due to concerns over salmonella contamination.

Martin Wiedmann is a doctor of veterinary medicine and a professor of food science in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He is an expert on food-borne diseases and pathogens, including salmonella and its transmission in food from farm animals to humans.

WASHINGTON, USA/ The U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with 39 international scientists, published a report on the status of glaciers throughout all of Asia, including Russia, China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Glaciers in this part are losing their ice.

This retreat impacts water supplies to millions of people, increases the likelihood of outburst floods that threaten life and property in nearby areas, and contributes to sea-level rise.

LONDON, UK/ Chances are that back in the 1980s, acid rain would have been high on everyone’s list of environmental concerns. But what exactly is acid rain and is it something we should still be concerned about?

A report published recently by the Acid Waters Monitoring Network (AWMN) shows that UK policies put into place some 20 years ago to reduce acidifying pollution have been successful and as a result waters in the UK are now beginning to recover.

BERLIN, GERMANY/ Energy management systems help to increase energy efficiency in businesses and organizations. They are a good tool to raise continuously and systematically energy saving potential.  

With the estimated achievable cost reductions it is possible to strength the competitiveness of enterprises. A new guide of the Federal Environment Ministry and Federal Environment Agency of Germany shows you how.