Global Scans · Nature · Weekly Summary

WHAT''S NEXT?: Oceans, animals, and land are all under threat from climate change and human activities. The effective and efficient conservation of agricultural biodiversity is vital to meeting the global challenges of food and nutritional security for an expanding world population. But, the signs are of continued degradation of our global natural resources and environment.

• [New] Supply Chain Ethics: As consumer activism grows, Samsung could be targeted by campaigns on issues like planned obsolescence, labour rights at suppliers, or rare-earth mining ethics. Risk Intelligence Service
• [New] MetricStream can help organizations gain better visibility into their global supply chains along with ensuring comprehensive risk management processes to identify, prevent, and minimize risks pertaining to human rights and environmental protection. Metricstream
• [New] From climate-friendly propulsion systems and large scale-producible space technologies to satellite-based Earth observation systems, Fraunhofer will demonstrate research results that are not only enabling the transformation of the aerospace industry but also bringing it to fruition. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
• [New] As global demand for gold and critical minerals continues to grow, illegal extraction and trafficking are increasingly linked to organized crime, illicit financial flows, corruption, environmental harm, and broader governance vulnerabilities. United Nations Western Europe
• [New] Freshwater ecosystems are among the most biologically diverse yet highly threatened ecosystems on Earth. Frontiers
• [New] If launch activity continues at its present rate, the number of orbital objects could grow rapidly, with environmental evolution models indicating that the space debris population may double in less than 50 years. Bizclik Media Ltd
• [New] A new UN FAO report warns that, under current trends driven by growing demand for animal source foods and continued production intensification, global antimicrobial use in livestock is projected to increase by almost 30% by 2040 compared with 2019. CNS Media
• [New] Partisan disagreements over funding for nutrition programs, pesticide preemption, and language aimed at counteracting California's Proposition 12 animal welfare policies will make passage of a summer Farm Bill challenging. Organic Farmers Association
• [New] Asian populations exhibited higher HTN-related stroke risk, likely influenced by genetic susceptibility, increased salt sensitivity, and environmental exposures. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] Global buyers and investors increasingly expect suppliers to demonstrate strong Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance and meet emerging regulatory requirements. World of Coffee San Diego
• [New] Energy engineers worldwide are working on various new technologies that could help to limit greenhouse gas emissions on Earth and address climate change. phys.org
• [New] With global biodiversity in crisis, and climate change threatening nearly every city in the world, designing cities with nature is critical to advance resilience, adaptation, and more livable urban environments. New York Botanical Garden
• [New] The shifting trend towards the consumption of cultured meat can secure 10% of natural meat by 2030 and 35% by 2040, which is quite an interesting factor to quickly transform into the new changes in producing meat using animal cells in laboratories. Market Data Forecast
• [New] The factors that are expected to lead the worldwide culture of the meat industry are a growing trend toward innovation in cell culture, animal welfare, and environmental sustainability. Market Data Forecast
• [New] Constraints like launch capacity, radiation, power generation, cooling, and physical size mean orbital compute resources will likely be smaller and more specialized than hyperscale infrastructure on Earth. Telecom Ramblings
• [New] Animal shelters across California will offer fee-waived adoptions, with the ASPCA providing grants to underwrite fees at most participating organizations. ASPCA
• [New] Hundreds of billions of cells may have been transferred from Earth to the clouds of Venus, while hundreds of billions could remain potentially viable. SciTechDaily
• [New] More recently, debate over possible microbial life in the thick clouds of Venus has renewed interest in whether material could also move among Venus, Earth, and Mars. SciTechDaily
• [New] Impact-ejected material from Earth could reach Venus' clouds and potentially survive there briefly. SciTechDaily
• [New] Snakes around the world are increasingly facing the threat of extinction, with disease emerging as a major concern alongside habitat loss. ScienceDaily
• [New] At least 89 countries will lose eligibility for funding for biodiversity projects under the Darwin Initiative, in a round of cuts that conservationists warned would put species and habitats in jeopardy, and set back global efforts to halt the precipitous decline in nature. The Guardian
• [New] Rainfall is expected to increase in the Sahel, Northern Europe, Alaska, and Siberia over the next five years, while the Amazon - commonly referred to as the lungs of the Earth - is forecast to be drier. Al Jazeera
• [New] Temperatures in the Arctic - the second coldest region on Earth - are predicted to be 2.8 C above the 1991-2020 average over the next five winters. Al Jazeera

Last updated: 13 June 2026