Environment 02.06.202301.06.2023 Bottom-dwellers thrive at foundations of offshore wind farms Offshore wind farms host more soil animals per square meter than the North Sea floor, discovered [...]
Environment 02.06.202301.06.2023 How can control engineering save birds in wind farms? With wind farm developments rapidly growing around the world, a lot of attention is dedicated to [...]
Mobility 02.06.202301.06.2023 A good fifth reduction in climate gases from urban traffic in 15 years, with a better quality of life A study co-authored by MCC points the way for tailor-made policy portfolios. Specifically, it concerns 120 [...]
Comments and Interviews 27.05.202327.05.2023 For a solar age – with ethics and technology Up to two billion people will have to live in hostile regions by the end of [...]
Environment 27.05.202326.05.2023 Environmental impacts of mountain biking Mountain biking is one of the most popular leisure activities today. Sport ecologists at the University [...]
Environment 25.05.202325.05.2023 Global loss of biodiversity is significantly more alarming than previously suspected A new study led by researchers from Queen’s University Belfast has shown that the global loss [...]
Environment 24.05.202323.05.2023 Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would save billions from dangerously hot climate Current climate policies will leave more than a fifth of humanity exposed to dangerously hot temperatures [...]
Energy 24.05.202323.05.2023 Green energy for more than one million UK homes Siemens Gamesa to supply flagship turbines for world’s second-largest offshore wind power plant. 95 units of [...]
Science 23.05.202321.05.2023 “Warm Ice Age” Changed Climate Cycles Approximately 700,000 years ago, a “warm ice age” permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth. Contemporaneous [...]
Science 22.05.202322.05.2023 Satellites reveal widespread decline in global lake water storage Climate change, human consumption and sedimentation led to decline. Climate change, human consumption and sedimentation led [...]
Environment 21.05.2023 Large-scale nature conservation efforts alone will not preserve benefits for our societies 05/16/2023 – The enlargement of protected areas and carbon price incentives for reforestation alone will not [...]
Comments and Interviews 20.05.202320.05.2023 Climate and water are our destiny In a new study, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) fears that the Paris target of 1.5 [...]
Environment 20.05.202320.05.2023 UN roadmap outlines solutions to cut global plastic pollution Plastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep [...]
Politics 20.05.202318.05.2023 How billions from carbon pricing could enforce climate protection and social compensation Revenues could finance a climate money, increase climate protection investments or reduce income taxes. Current discussions [...]
Science 19.05.202319.05.2023 Ambient ultrafine particles – very small and very dangerous? A new study conducted by Helmholtz Munich researchers reveals that ultrafine particles, representing the smallest size [...]
Future 19.05.202318.05.2023 A new approach to assessing policies in the climate crisis How should we deal with tipping points and uncertainties? An MCC-led study extends classical welfare economics [...]