Energy 17.04.2022 Energy price crisis can be effectively mitigated for private households Rising costs are unavoidable if Germany wants to break free of its dependence on Russian oil [...]
Economy 16.04.202216.04.2022 What keeps the coal-fired power plants running? An MCC study based on a high-profile survey explores the specific circumstances that still cause a [...]
Science 14.04.202214.04.2022 Energy transition: new-generation solar cells raise efficiency A research team has developed a highly efficient tandem solar cell composed of perovskite and organic [...]
Science 14.04.202214.04.2022 Protecting biodiversity: creating dark infrastructure An international research team with the participation of IGB advocates the worldwide development of a dark [...]
Energy 11.04.202211.04.2022 Renewables Take Lion’s Share of Global Power Additions in 2021 Renewable energy continued to expand steadily and well above the long-term trend, with share in total [...]
Science 11.04.202211.04.2022 Agricultural streams reduce pollutants in water cycle Ditches and small streams at the edge of agricultural land contribute significantly to reducing agricultural pollutants [...]
Comments and Interviews 09.04.202209.04.2022 Climate change does not take a break The coalition agreement of the traffic light government says: “Achieving the climate protection goals of Paris [...]
Environment 09.04.202207.04.2022 Regenerative Agriculture: Healthy Soil Best Bet for Carbon Storage Agriculture is the main driver of global deforestation and land conversion, and food systems account for [...]
Science 08.04.202207.04.2022 The global “plastic flood” reaches the Arctic A new AWI-led study shows: there is now a concerning degree of plastic pollution in the [...]
Science 06.04.202206.04.2022 Study assesses German climate policy in the context of the 1.5 degree target Saying that the country is on track implies tacit assumptions. Here these are made transparent – [...]
Politics 05.04.202205.04.2022 The evidence is clear: the time for action is now. We can halve emissions by 2030 In 2010-2019 average annual global greenhouse gas emissions were at their highest levels in human history, [...]
Comments and Interviews 02.04.202202.04.2022 Solar future versus fossil past Putin’s Ukraine war at the latest makes it clear to us that we must become independent [...]
Science 02.04.202201.04.2022 Scientists achieve record efficiency for ultra-thin solar panels A team co-led team by the University of Surrey has successfully increased the levels of energy [...]
Politics 01.04.202201.04.2022 Sun for the World Letter sent to NYT on March 31, 2022, in response to an op-ed article by Thomas [...]
Mobility 01.04.202231.03.2022 New technology to make charging electric cars as fast as pumping gas Quantum charging will cut the charging time of electric vehicles from ten hours to three minutes [...]
Science 01.04.202229.03.2022 The story of a dried-up lake in the North Arabian desert North Africa with the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula have repeatedly turned into green landscapes during [...]