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Environment

Did 2019 really bring us an unusual number of wildfires?
21.12.2019

Did 2019 really bring us an unusual number of wildfires?

With heightened media attention on the unprecedented Arctic wildfires this summer followed by the Amazonian fires [...]
Demographic change and decline in biodiversity: context more complex than previously known
20.12.2019

Demographic change and decline in biodiversity: context more complex than previously known

SOE study on biodiversity research – The continuing loss of biodiversity is one of the greatest global [...]
Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics
11.12.2019

Forest fragmentation hits wildlife hardest in the tropics

Animals that evolved in environments subject to large-scale habitat-altering events like fires and storms are better [...]
Climate Change Performance Index sees opportunity for turning point
10.12.2019

Climate Change Performance Index sees opportunity for turning point

Climate Change Performance Index 2020: Decreasing emissions in 31 out of 57 high emitting countries / [...]
Warmer temperatures will increase arsenic levels in rice, study shows
07.12.2019

Warmer temperatures will increase arsenic levels in rice, study shows

People around the world consume rice in their daily diets. But in addition to its nutrient [...]
Europeans want environmental protection, but are concerned about their wallets
05.12.2019

Europeans want environmental protection, but are concerned about their wallets

What do Europeans expect from Europe? The latest edition of “eupinions” shows that protecting the environment [...]
Climate Risks increasing worldwide – even for High-Income-Countries
04.12.2019

Climate Risks increasing worldwide – even for High-Income-Countries

Global Climate Risk Index: Japan and Germany hit hardest by heat waves and drought in 2018 [...]
Europe’s state of the environment 2020
04.12.2019

Europe’s state of the environment 2020

Change of direction urgently needed to face climate change challenges, reverse degradation and ensure future prosperity [...]
Europe’s rivers are damned by dams: Plans for more than 8,700 new hydropower plants
30.11.2019

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 [...]
New paper: more frost damage of apple trees
26.11.2019

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
23.11.2019

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
20.11.2019

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
09.11.2019

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
07.11.2019

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 [...]
Insect decline more extensive than suspected
31.10.2019

Insect decline more extensive than suspected

Causes of insect decline and biodiversity loss to be found at the landscape level. The loss of [...]
Study of sewage gives clues about socioeconomic status, habits
23.10.2019

Study of sewage gives clues about socioeconomic status, habits

A team of researchers from the University of Queensland and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research [...]
Environment
16.09.202516.09.2025

Orange rivers signal toxic shift in Arctic wilderness

Environment
10.09.202510.09.2025

No-sort plastic recycling is near

Environment
06.09.202506.09.2025

Tyre Wear Particles in the Rhine

Environment
30.08.202530.08.2025

Lake Kivu as “Living Lakes Lake of the Year 2025”

Environment
28.08.202528.08.2025

Hidden danger in forest soils

Environment
27.08.202527.08.2025

Study links rising temperatures and declining moods

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