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On 29 November 2025, an academic forum titled “Future Earth and the Decade of Global Environmental Upheaval: How Far Have We Come? What Should We Do Next?” was held in Tokyo with online participation. The forum marked ten years since the launch of Future Earth and provided an opportunity to review its achievements while exploring priorities for the c...


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Recent geopolitical events, infectious diseases, and wars provide a stark reminder of the need to build a resilient, global approach to sustainability science. In a new Commentary published in a Cambridge University Press journal Global Sustainability, Future Earth members from the O...


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On December 7, Future Earth hosted the 2025 Future Earth Young Scientists Symposium under the theme “Interdisciplinary Synergy for Advancing Global Sustainable Development.” The symposium served as a high-level platform for exchange, dialogue, and collaboration among early-career researchers.

The event brought together participants from two cohor...


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Microplastics, which are tiny members of the regular plastic polymer family smaller than 5 mm, are among the most persistent pollutants in the environment. Once released, these environmental enemies degrade extremely slowly, fragmenting further through physical and chemical abrasion and exposure to sunlight. As a result, they are difficult to trace, remove, or manage...


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新たな研究により、世界の海から採取したサンプルの75%以上で、ペットボトルなどに使われるプラスチック「PET」を分解できる酵素を持つ微生物が見つかりました。

文:Warren Cornwall 2025年11月12日

1950年以降、私たちは1億5,000万トン以上のプラスチックごみを海に投棄してきました。

プラスチック片はマリアナ海溝の底といった遠隔地でも発見されており、最近では海面下約6キロの地点で


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