Europe’s rivers are damned by dams: Plans for more than 8,700 new hydropower plants
New study reveals extent of hydropower frenzy all over Europe – Devastating impacts on biodiversity and [...]
Environment
New paper: more frost damage of apple trees
In their latest article, THESys researchers Peter Pfleiderer and Carl-Friedrich Schleussner together with Inga Merke show [...]
Micro-Rubber in the environment
The tread on the tyre is worn out, new tyres are needed. Everyday life for many [...]
Climate change could double greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater ecosystems
Every drop of fresh water contains thousands of different organic molecules that have previously gone unnoticed. [...]
Is the Baltic Sea at a crossroads? Future scenarios for the combined effect of climate change and nutrient load
Can effective marine management mitigate climate change impacts so that the Baltic Sea regains a good [...]
New Greenpeace report reveals the deadly impact of ghost gear
An estimated 640,000 tonnes of abandoned or lost fishing equipment, or ‘ghost gear’, enter the ocean [...]